Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वामनो नगरं स्थाप्य शिवं सिद्धेश्वरं प्रति । जित्वा दैत्यं बलिं बद्ध्वा स्वयं रैवतके स्थितः

Transliteration

vāmano nagaraṃ sthāpya śivaṃ siddheśvaraṃ prati | jitvā daityaṃ baliṃ baddhvā svayaṃ raivatake sthitaḥ

Translation

พระวามนะได้สถาปนาเมืองหนึ่งแล้วหันไปสู่พระศิวะในนาม “สิทธิเศวร” ครั้นทรงพิชิตอสูรพลีและผูกมัดไว้แล้ว พระองค์เองจึงไปประทับ ณ เขาไรเวตกะ

Word by Word

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• नगरं: a city
• नगरं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• स्थाप्य: having established
• स्थाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘स्थापयित्वा’ अर्थे (Absolutive; having established)

• शिवं: Śiva
• शिवं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• सिद्धेश्वरं: Siddheśvara (Lord of Siddhas)
• सिद्धेश्वरं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Directional marker (दिक्-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग-निपात; दिशार्थे (preposition/particle meaning ‘towards’)

• जित्वा: having conquered
• जित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Absolutive), ‘जित्वा’ (having conquered)

• दैत्यं: a demon
• दैत्यं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• बलिं: Bali (the demon king)
• बलिं: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• बद्ध्वा: having bound
• बद्ध्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Absolutive), ‘बद्ध्वा’ (having bound)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-emphasis (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः-प्रयोगे (indeclinable adverb ‘oneself’)

• रैवतके: on/at Raivataka
• रैवतके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• स्थितः: remained, stayed
• स्थितः: Main predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ (Past participle; ‘remained/was situated’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka (Girnar) and Siddheśvara (Śiva) node in Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana, radiant and small yet cosmic, stands near a newly founded city; Bali is shown bound; in the background rises Raivataka/Girnar where Vāmana proceeds toward a Siddheśvara liṅga shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Śiva
• Siddheśvara
• Bali
• Raivataka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents sacred places as living intersections of divine acts—where Viṣṇu’s līlā and Śiva’s presence together sanctify the land.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within Prabhāsa, associated with Siddheśvara (Śiva) and the sacred Raivataka mountain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse establishes the sanctity of the site through divine history.