Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

मत्सन्निधौ समागत्य स्थातव्यं ब्रह्मवासरम् । तथेत्युक्त्वा सपत्नीकौ गतौ हरिहरावुभौ

Transliteration

matsannidhau samāgatya sthātavyaṃ brahmavāsaram | tathetyuktvā sapatnīkau gatau hariharāvubhau

Translation

“จงมาสู่สำนักของเรา แล้วพำนักอยู่ตลอด ‘หนึ่งวันแห่งพระพรหม’” ครั้นกล่าวว่า “ตถาสตุ—เป็นดังนั้นเถิด” แล้ว พระหริและพระหระทั้งสอง พร้อมด้วยพระชายา ต่างก็เสด็จจากไป

Word by Word

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास-पूर्वपद (my)

• sannidhau: in the presence
• sannidhau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• samāgatya: having arrived
• samāgatya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + sam- + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having come together/arrived’

• sthātavyam: must stay
• sthātavyam: Vidhi/Anuśāsana (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthātavya (प्रातिपदिक; √sthā (स्था) + तव्यत्)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• brahmavāsaram: for a Brahmā-day (one day)
• brahmavāsaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः वासरम्)

• tathā: so/accordingly
• tathā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: so)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having said’

• sapatnīkau: together with (their) wives
• sapatnīkau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa- (सह) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (पत्नी सहितौ)

• gatau: went (the two)
• gatau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam (गम्) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• hariharau: Hari and Hara (Viṣṇu and Śiva)
• hariharau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (हरिः च हरः च)

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन; उभयवाचक

Speaker

Mandara mountain (contextual instruction) / Purāṇic narrator reporting it

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mountain requests: ‘Come near me and stay for a full day of Brahmā.’ Hari and Hara, each with his consort, agree and depart—suggesting a divine itinerary and cosmic-scale vow.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Śrī (Lakṣmī, implied consort)
• Pārvatī (implied consort)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is linked to cosmic-scale divine presence, not merely human time or perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where Hari and Hara’s presence sanctifies the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ‘stay’ (sthiti) near the sacred presence is mentioned in narrative form; no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is detailed here.