Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्रस्थाश्च तपो घोरं तेपुस्ते योगमाश्रिताः । दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं तु ततस्तुष्टो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

tatrasthāśca tapo ghoraṃ tepuste yogamāśritāḥ | divyābdānāṃ sahasraṃ tu tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

وہیں قیام کر کے، یوگ میں ثابت قدم رہتے ہوئے، انہوں نے سخت تپسیا کی۔ ہزار دیوی برس گزرنے پر مہیشور راضی ہوا۔

Word by Word

• तत्रस्थाः: (those) staying there
• तत्रस्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; स्था-धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle sense) ‘स्थित’

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

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible, intense
• घोरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तपः’ विशेषण

• तेपुः: they performed (austerity)
• तेपुः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• योगम्: yoga
• योगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आश्रिताः: having resorted to
• आश्रिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• दिव्याब्दानाम्: of divine years
• दिव्याब्दानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-अब्द (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + अब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma/Measure (Object as measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• तु: indeed, then
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधबोधक-अव्यय (particle)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (Kriya-visheshana)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमबोधक (from that/thereafter)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (tapas-bhūmi context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇas reside in Prabhāsa performing fierce austerities—standing, seated in meditation, breath-control—while time is symbolized by a thousand celestial years; Śiva’s pleased presence dawns.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Gaṇas
• Prabhāsa
• Yoga
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady yoga joined with tapas in a holy kṣetra culminates in divine grace (Īśvara-prasāda).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where intense yoga-tapas is portrayed as especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Austerity (tapas) and yogic discipline are described; no fixed external ritual is specified.