Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

देवर्षिर्नारदस्तत्र मुनिभिर्मुदितोऽवसत् । सिंहस्यांते च सर्वाणि स्वस्थानगमनाय वै

Transliteration

devarṣirnāradastatra munibhirmudito'vasat | siṃhasyāṃte ca sarvāṇi svasthānagamanāya vai

Translation

وہاں دیورشی نارَد مُنیوں کے ساتھ مسرور ہو کر مقیم رہا۔ اور سِنگھ (مدّت) کے اختتام پر سب نے اپنے اپنے دھاموں کو روانہ ہونے کی تیاری کی۔

Word by Word

• deva-ṛṣiḥ: the divine sage
• deva-ṛṣiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (deva-ṛṣi: ‘divine sage’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; deva-ṛṣiḥ इत्यस्य विशेष्य/समनाधिकरण

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• munibhiḥ: by/with sages
• munibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• muditaḥ: gladdened, delighted
• muditaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mudita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √mud)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• avasat: dwelt, stayed
• avasat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• siṃhasya: of the lion
• siṃhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• ante: at the end / near
• ante: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन; (अत्र) ‘all (things/beings)’

• sva-sthāna-gamanāya: for going to their own abode
• sva-sthāna-gamanāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘going to one’s own place’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautamī (Godāvarī) during Siṃha-kāla

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada seated on the riverbank among joyful sages, vīṇā in hand; the atmosphere suggests the waning of a great festival—divine beings preparing to depart, with subtle upward movement toward the sky and a calm closing light.

Characters & Entities

• Devarṣi Nārada
• Munis (sages)
• Siṃha/Siṃhastha (Leo period)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy gatherings at tīrthas are time-bound; when the auspicious period concludes, even exalted beings return to their realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually, the Gautamī/Godāvarī tīrtha where sages and Nārada are residing during Siṃhastha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the verse marks the conclusion of an auspicious tīrtha-period (Siṃhastha).