Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

कृतस्मरात्पश्चिमतो धनुषां च शतत्रये । वसामि तत्र देवेशि त्वया सह वरानने

Transliteration

kṛtasmarātpaścimato dhanuṣāṃ ca śatatraye | vasāmi tatra deveśi tvayā saha varānane

Translation

کرتسمرَا کے مغرب میں، تین سو کمانوں کے فاصلے پر، میں وہاں بستا ہوں، اے دیویِ دیوان، تمہارے ساتھ، اے خوش رُو۔

Word by Word

• कृतस्मरात्: from (the place called) Kṛtasmar(a)
• कृतस्मरात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतस्मर (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + स्मर)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (नाम; ‘Kṛtasmar(a)’), पुंलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्

• पश्चिमतः: to the west (of)
• पश्चिमतः: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial modifier/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: दिक्-अव्ययम् (directional adverb; ablatival sense ‘to the west of’)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a distance measure)
• धनुषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Measure-genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (measure: ‘of bows’)

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

• शतत्रये: at/in a set of three hundred (bows)
• शतत्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः (numerical compound: ‘three hundreds’), नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial modifier/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• देवेशि: O queen/lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईशि/ईशी)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘lord of gods’ as feminine address), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• त्वया: with you/by you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्ययम् (preposition-like indeclinable indicating accompaniment; governs instrumental)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनना)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (‘beautiful-faced’), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛtasmarā (landmark) and the western Śiva-Śakti locus (unnamed here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-map vignette: a named spot ‘Kṛtasmarā’ as a landmark; to its west, a sanctified locus where Śiva abides with Devī, indicated by paired iconography and a measured path.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Kṛtasmarā (place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is localized: the text guides devotees with precise sacred directions, making pilgrimage a disciplined, intentional act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva-abode within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described relative to the site called Kṛtasmarā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it functions as a kṣetra-navigation marker for devotees.