Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 199

Devanagari script

विष्णुरुवाच । सहैव गम्यतां तत्र यत्र देवो गतः शिवः । स्वल्पा यासेन ते यान्तु नराः स्वर्गं शिवाज्ञया

Transliteration

viṣṇuruvāca | sahaiva gamyatāṃ tatra yatra devo gataḥ śivaḥ | svalpā yāsena te yāntu narāḥ svargaṃ śivājñayā

Translation

พระวิษณุตรัสว่า “พวกเราจงไปพร้อมกันยังสถานที่ที่พระศิวะเสด็จไปแล้ว ด้วยพระบัญชาของพระศิวะ ขอให้มนุษย์เหล่านั้นได้ถึงสวรรค์ด้วยความลำบากเพียงน้อยนิด”

Word by Word

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (विष्णु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saha: together
• saha: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with/together)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• gamyatām: let (us) go
• gamyatām: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); ‘let it be gone/let (us) go’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Goal-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative adverb ‘where’)

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• gataḥ: has gone
• gataḥ: Kriya (Predicate notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (शिव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; ‘देवः’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध (apposition)

• svalpāḥ: few
• svalpāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svalpa (स्वल्प प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; विशेषण

• yāsena: by effort, by exertion
• yāsena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāsa (यास प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; निर्देशार्थ (those)

• yāntu: may (they) go
• yāntu: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• narāḥ: men, people
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (नर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (स्वर्ग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• śiva-ājñayā: by Śiva’s command
• śiva-ājñayā: Karana (Cause/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (शिव) + ājñā (आज्ञा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; ‘शिवस्य आज्ञया’ (by Śiva’s command)

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa) / Śiva’s locus within it

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembled devas/ṛṣis/siddhas and allied beings

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu stands among the assembled devas, arm extended in directive gesture, pointing toward the sacred direction where Śiva has gone; behind him the host prepares for a unified procession, banners and divine vehicles poised.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Śiva
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Alignment with Śiva’s will and pilgrimage in unity become a swift means to auspicious spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the sacred locale within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region) where Śiva has proceeded—emphasizing kṣetra-yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical prescription is implied: go together to the sacred place associated with Śiva (pilgrimage/approach to the kṣetra).