Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

महर्षयो महाभागास्तथा देवर्षयश्च ये । ते भार्यासहितास्तत्र वसंति च वरानने

Transliteration

maharṣayo mahābhāgāstathā devarṣayaśca ye | te bhāryāsahitāstatra vasaṃti ca varānane

Translation

เหล่ามหาฤษีผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ผู้มีบุญ และเหล่าเทวฤษีทั้งหลาย—ต่างพำนักอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นพร้อมภรรยา โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งาม

Word by Word

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• महाभागाः: very fortunate/noble
• महाभागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying महर्षयः)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय/समुच्चयार्थ-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'also/likewise')

• देवर्षयः: divine sages
• देवर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संकेतक (correlative pronoun)

• भार्या-सहिताः: accompanied by (their) wives
• भार्या-सहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक) + सहित (कृदन्त; √सह् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ते)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• वसन्ति: dwell/live
• वसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Varānanā—contextually Pārvatī—within the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā (addressed as ‘O fair-faced one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene Prabhāsa āśrama scene: venerable maharṣis and devarṣis seated under trees near sacred waters, with their wives engaged in quiet service—offering water, tending fires, reciting—creating a peaceful, auspicious settlement.

Characters & Entities

• Maharṣis
• Devarṣis
• Pārvatī (Varānanā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is affirmed by the presence of realized sages; dharma thrives where the wise choose to dwell and participate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

In the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya frame, the implied sanctity of the setting is validated by the gathering of sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it continues the description of participants associated with a sacred rite/holy gathering.