Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यतस्ततः समायाताः कैलासे पर्वतोत्तमे । अश्विन्याद्या भगिन्यस्तास्त्वां प्रतीदं वचोऽबुवन्

Transliteration

yatastataḥ samāyātāḥ kailāse parvatottame | aśvinyādyā bhaginyastāstvāṃ pratīdaṃ vaco'buvan

Translation

เหล่านางมาจากทิศนั้นทิศนี้พร้อมกัน ไปชุมนุม ณ ไกรลาส ภูผาอันประเสริฐยิ่ง แล้วพี่น้องสตรีทั้งหลาย—มีอัศวินีเป็นต้น—จึงทูลเจ้าด้วยวาจานี้

Word by Word

• यतः: from wherever
• यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय; यद्-तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; कारण/देश/प्रभववाचक (ablatival adverb: 'from where/whence')

• ततः: from there
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb: 'from there/thence')

• समायाताः: having arrived
• समायाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समायात (कृदन्त; सम्-आ-√या (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally: 'having come')

• कैलासे: on/at Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पर्वत-उत्तमे: on the best of mountains
• पर्वत-उत्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव (to कैलासे)

• अश्विन्याद्याः: beginning with Aśvinī
• अश्विन्याद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्विनी (प्रातिपदिक) + आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'अश्विन्याः आद्याः' (beginning with Aśvinī)

• भगिन्यः: sisters
• भगिन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards/to
• प्रति: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (preposition/adverb: 'towards/to')

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'वचः' इत्यस्य विशेषण (this)

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अबुवन्: said/spoke
• अबुवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; वैदिक/पुराण-प्रयोगः (aorist-like form)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; addressing a ‘you’ within the story frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the luminous heights of Kailāsa, the divine sisters gather from all directions, forming a semicircle as they address Satī; snow-peaks, crystal streams, and Śiva’s aura pervade the background.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Aśvinī (as lead among sisters)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred discourse is portrayed as arising in sanctified realms like Kailāsa, where divine assemblies deliberate and transmit dharmic meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is invoked as the exalted mountain abode of Śiva; the broader textual frame remains the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it transitions into a speech episode within the narrative.