Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एकपादो गिरि तटे प्रहर्षात्प्रथमं स्थितः । वसतौ वसता तेन गिरौ च गिरिदारुणः

Transliteration

ekapādo giri taṭe praharṣātprathamaṃ sthitaḥ | vasatau vasatā tena girau ca giridāruṇaḥ

Translation

เอกปาทะยืนประทับด้วยความปีติ ณ ไหล่เขาเป็นครั้งแรก; ด้วยการพำนักของท่าน ณ ที่นั้น ภูเขานั้นก็กลายเป็นสถานที่น่าเกรงขาม เปี่ยมมหิทธิ์และความศักดิ์สิทธิ์

Word by Word

• एकपादः: Ekapāda
• एकपादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गिरि: of the mountain
• गिरि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे—‘गिरितटे’ (of the mountain)

• तटे: on the bank/slope
• तटे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• प्रहर्षात्: from joy
• प्रहर्षात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ (from/through joy)

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: first)

• स्थितः: stood / was stationed
• स्थितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘एकपादः’ इत्यस्य विधेय

• वसतौ: in the abode
• वसतौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in the dwelling/place of residence)

• वसता: by residing
• वसता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस् (धातु) → वसत् (कृदन्त; शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त—‘वसता’ = ‘वसन्’ (by dwelling)

• तेन: by him / thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/सहकारे (by him/thereby)

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (on the mountain)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• गिरिदारुणः: Giridāruṇa
• गिरिदारुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (गिरिदारुणः [स्थितः])—लुप्त-क्रिया

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ujjayanta-giri

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ekapāda—an austere, one-footed ascetic form—stands exultantly on a mountain slope; the very hill radiates a daunting sacred power because of his residence.

Characters & Entities

• Ekapāda
• Giri (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy being’s presence transforms ordinary terrain into a potent sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountainous environs associated with Vastrāpatha Kṣetra in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes sanctification through divine establishment and residence.