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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच । यदि देयो वरोऽस्माकं समर्थोऽसि वरप्रद । यत्र स्थाने मया दृष्टाः प्रेता यूयं सुदुःखिताः । तत्राहं चाश्रमं कृत्वा करिष्ये चोत्तमं तपः

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ samartho'si varaprada | yatra sthāne mayā dṛṣṭāḥ pretā yūyaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ | tatrāhaṃ cāśramaṃ kṛtvā kariṣye cottamaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

โคตมะกล่าวว่า: “โอ้ผู้ประทานพร หากท่านสามารถประทานพรแก่เราได้ ณ สถานที่ที่ข้าได้เห็นพวกท่าน—เหล่าเปรต—ทนทุกข์อย่างแสนสาหัส ข้าจะตั้งอาศรมไว้ที่นั่น และบำเพ็ญตบะอันสูงสุด”

Word by Word
गौतमःGautama
गौतमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
यदिif
यदि:
Connector (Condition/शर्त)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)
देयःto be given
देयः:
Vidhaya (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेय (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु))
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (gerundive/तव्यत्-अर्थ) ‘to be given’
वरःa boon
वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अस्माकम्of us / for us
अस्माकम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
समर्थःcapable
समर्थः:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
असिyou are
असि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formलट्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वरप्रदO boon-giver
वरप्रद:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √दा with प्र-)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘giver of boons’)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Locus marker/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb)
स्थानेin the place
स्थाने:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन
दृष्टाःwere seen
दृष्टाः:
Kriya (Perception/result)
TypeVerb
Rootदृष्ट (कृदन्त; √दृश् (धातु))
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘seen’
प्रेताःpretas (departed spirits)
प्रेताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सुदुःखिताःvery miserable
सुदुःखिताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुःखित (कृदन्त; √दुःख्/दुःख (नामधातु))
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of प्रेताः/यूयम्)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locus marker/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
आश्रमम्hermitage
आश्रमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — ‘having done/made’
करिष्येI will do
करिष्ये:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
चand
च:
Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
उत्तमम्excellent
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of तपः)
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (localized preta-darśana-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama, moved by pity, addresses a boon-giver; behind him, faint translucent pretas in distress near a coastal grove; he points to the ground, vowing to build an āśrama and perform severe austerities.

Characters & Entities
G
Gautama
P
Preta(s)

FAQs

Compassion becomes sacred action: seeing suffering, the sage vows disciplined tapas and the founding of a holy āśrama for the welfare of beings.

The context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the locality later associated with Gātramocana and the Pretatīrtha tradition.

Establishing an āśrama and undertaking uttama-tapas (high austerity) at the spiritually charged location.

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