Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

वामन उवाच । वस्त्रापथे महादेव यानि तीर्थानि तानि मे । वद देव विशेषेण यद्यस्ति करुणा मयि

Transliteration

vāmana uvāca | vastrāpathe mahādeva yāni tīrthāni tāni me | vada deva viśeṣeṇa yadyasti karuṇā mayi

Translation

วามนะทูลว่า: “โอ้มหาเทพ โปรดตรัสบอกข้าพเจ้าโดยพิสดารว่า ณ วัสตราปถะมีทิรถะใดบ้าง หากพระองค์ทรงเมตตาต่อข้าพเจ้า”

Word by Word

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वस्त्रापथे: in Vastrāpatha
• वस्त्रापथे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्रापथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः वस्त्र + पथ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/‘of cloth’ + ‘path’)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः महा + देव

• यानि: which
• यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karma/Predicate Noun (Object/कर्म or विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• तानि: those
• तानि: Anuvrtti/Correlative (correlative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• विशेषेण: in detail / especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तृतीया-एकवचन-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषणम्/Instrumental used adverbially)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-समुच्चयक (conditional particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• करुणा: compassion
• करुणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मयि: in me / towards me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vāmana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (requested)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana, hands folded, asks Śiva for a detailed account of Vastrāpatha’s tīrthas; the background hints at a map-like sacred landscape awaiting description.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Vastrāpatha
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A seeker should ask for precise guidance about sacred practice; humility and appeal to divine compassion open the path to right pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha as a pilgrimage-region is foregrounded; the specific tīrthas are requested and are described in the subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is stated here; it is a request for detailed instruction about tīrthas (sites and their observances).