Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

तेषां निवसतां तत्र बहुकालो गतः प्रिये । पुत्रपौत्रैः प्रवृद्धास्ते दारुकं व्याप्य संस्थिताः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ nivasatāṃ tatra bahukālo gataḥ priye | putrapautraiḥ pravṛddhāste dārukaṃ vyāpya saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

ดูก่อนที่รัก ครั้นพวกเขาพำนักอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น กาลเนิ่นนานก็ล่วงไป พวกเขารุ่งเรืองด้วยบุตรและหลาน แผ่ขยายทั่วดารุกะและตั้งถิ่นฐานอยู่ที่นั่น

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• निवसताम्: of (those) residing
• निवसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वस् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “while (they) were dwelling”

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

• बहुकालः: a long time
• बहुकालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु-काल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: “बहुः कालः”

• गतः: passed
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “gone/passed”

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• पुत्रपौत्रैः: with sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः (इतरेतर): “पुत्रैः च पौत्रैः च”

• प्रवृद्धाः: having grown
• प्रवृद्धाः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वृध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; “grown/increased”

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

• दारुकम्: Dāruka (place)
• दारुकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; स्थाननाम (proper place-name)

• व्याप्य: having spread over
• व्याप्य: Purvakala (Absolutive/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); “having pervaded/covering”

• संस्थिताः: were settled
• संस्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; “settled/established”

Speaker

Uncertain from snippet (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A peaceful settlement scene in Dāruka: families with children and elders, huts or early townscape amid forested groves; a sacred waterbody or shrine nearby; time passing suggested by seasonal changes.

Characters & Entities

• Dāruka
• Putra
• Pautra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Residence near sanctified regions is portrayed as life-sustaining and prosperity-giving, supporting continuity of family and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse situates the narrative in the wider Prabhāsa sacred landscape, naming Dāruka as a significant locality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description of long residence and flourishing lineage in a named region.