Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अस्य तुष्टो भवो देवो ज्ञातं तीर्थस्य कारणम् । आदिष्टया मया वाच्यं भवेज्जन्मनि कारणम्

Transliteration

asya tuṣṭo bhavo devo jñātaṃ tīrthasya kāraṇam | ādiṣṭayā mayā vācyaṃ bhavejjanmani kāraṇam

Translation

เมื่อพระภวะผู้เป็นเทพทรงพอพระทัย จึงทรงเปิดเผยเหตุแห่งตถีรถะนี้ และตามที่ข้าพเจ้าได้รับบัญชา ข้าพเจ้าจักกล่าวถึงเหตุแห่งการบังเกิดนี้

Word by Word

• अस्य: of him / of this (person)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्, पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (agreeing with भवः) ‘pleased’

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (nominative singular, masculine)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Visheshya (Appositive/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; भवस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• ज्ञातम्: was known
• ज्ञातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम् (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘was known’

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha (pilgrimage place)
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (genitive singular, neuter)

• कारणम्: cause / reason
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (nominative/accusative singular, neuter)

• आदिष्टया: by (me) being instructed / as commanded
• आदिष्टया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + दिश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘आदिष्टा’, तृतीया एकवचनम्; ‘by (one) instructed/commanded’ (instrumental singular, feminine)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया एकवचनम् (instrumental singular)

• वाच्यम्: should be spoken
• वाच्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/कर्तव्य कृदन्तम् (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘to be spoken’

• भवेत्: may be / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (3rd person singular optative)

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative singular, neuter)

• कारणम्: cause / reason
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

Speaker

Mṛgī (doe-woman / Mṛgalocanā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/narrator recounts how Bhava (Śiva) became pleased and disclosed the hidden cause of the tīrtha; the moment is framed as a solemn revelation, with the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Tīrtha (Vastrāpatha context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is rooted in divine revelation, and speaking truth as instructed is itself an act of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha associated with Vastrāpathakṣetra (within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), whose origin-cause is about to be explained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse highlights revelation of tīrtha origin and the duty to narrate it faithfully.