Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र शर्यातिना दत्ता सुकन्या सा महर्षये । यत्र संस्तंभितं सैन्यमानाहार्त्तमथाकरोत्

Transliteration

yatra śaryātinā dattā sukanyā sā maharṣaye | yatra saṃstaṃbhitaṃ sainyamānāhārttamathākarot

Translation

یہ وہ جگہ ہے جہاں راجا شریاتی نے سُکنیا کو مہارشی کے سپرد کیا؛ اور یہی وہ مقام ہے جہاں لشکر کو روک دیا گیا اور پھر اسے باز رکھا گیا۔

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• शर्यातिना: by Śaryāti
• शर्यातिना: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Karma (Object in passive construction/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agrees with 'सुकन्या'

• सुकन्या: Sukanyā
• सुकन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• महर्षये: to the great sage
• महर्षये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; Dative singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• संस्तंभितम्: restrained, immobilized
• संस्तंभितम्: Karma (Object affected/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तम्भ् (धातु) + सम्- (उपसर्ग) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with 'सैन्यम्'

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Nominative/Accusative singular

• अनाहार्त्तम्: unassailable, not to be seized
• अनाहार्त्तम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्- (निषेध) + आहार्त (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ 'to take' with ā-; 'to be taken/obtained')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'सैन्यम्'); 'not to be taken/overcome'

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle: 'then')

• अकरोत्: did, made
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara/Śaryāti-yajña-deśa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal scene: King Śaryāti offers Sukanyā’s hand to the aged sage Cyavana near a forest-hermitage by the sacred coast; in another vignette, a halted army stands with lowered weapons, as an unseen spiritual force compels restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Śaryāti
• Sukanyā
• Mahārṣi (Cyavana implied)
• Army (sainya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are remembered through dhārmic history—marriage alliances, sage-honor, and restraint of violence become markers of sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cyavaneśvara area within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Śaryāti, Sukanyā, and the sage Cyavana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it provides the site’s identifying legend (sthāna-nidāna).