Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वस त्वं भव सुप्रीता स्थाने दुर्वाससोद्भवे । इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवेशस्तत्र दुर्वाससोंऽतिके

Transliteration

vasa tvaṃ bhava suprītā sthāne durvāsasodbhave | ityevamuktvā deveśastatra durvāsasoṃ'tike

Translation

“จงพำนักอยู่ที่นี่และมีความปีติยินดี ณ สถานที่ซึ่งบังเกิดขึ้นด้วยเดือรวาสะ” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งเทพทั้งหลายประทับอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นใกล้เดือรวาสะ

Word by Word

• वस: dwell / stay
• वस: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भव: become / be
• भव: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुप्रीता: very pleased
• सुप्रीता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + प्रीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुर्वाससः: of Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उद्भवे: at the origin/source
• उद्भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्ति सूचक (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having said’

• देवेशः: the Lord of the gods
• देवेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

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

• दुर्वाससः: of Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अन्तिके: near
• अन्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Deveśa (contextually Īśvara/Śiva in this māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durvāsasodbhava-sthāna (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Durvāsas (directly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord of the gods addresses Durvāsas, blessing the place as Durvāsas-born; the deity remains nearby, radiance filling the sacred ground while devas witness.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa (Īśvara/Śiva)
• Durvāsas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are empowered through ṛṣi-tapas and divine sanction; abiding there with devotion brings auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Durvāsas-connected spot within Prabhāsakṣetra (the verse frames a locality as ‘Durvāsasodbhava’).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it is a directive of residence/establishment in the sacred location.