Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तवास्तु सततं चात्र सांनिध्यं सह भार्यया । एवमुक्तः स तेनाथ विप्रं प्रति वचोब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tavāstu satataṃ cātra sāṃnidhyaṃ saha bhāryayā | evamuktaḥ sa tenātha vipraṃ prati vacobravīt

Translation

“Được như vậy. Nguyện sự hiện diện của Ta tại đây luôn thường hằng, cùng với hiền phối của Ta.” Nói xong, Ngài lại cất lời với vị Bà-la-môn.

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अस्तु: let there be / may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सततम्: always, continually
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सांनिध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सांनिध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारक-प्रयोगे अव्यय (postposition ‘with’)

• भार्यया: with (your) wife
• भार्यया: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner adverb)

• उक्तः: having been addressed / spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• विप्रम्: the Brahmin
• विप्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रति: towards, to
• प्रति: Sampradana/Pratiyogin (Direction/target)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (towards; governing accusative)

• वचः: words, speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (implied assent and continuation of dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Paṅgu-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Paṅgu (directly); king remains implied listener in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva grants the boon with ‘tathāstu’ and declares continual presence with his consort; the atmosphere settles into certainty and sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Bhāryā (Gaurī/Umā implied)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place becomes supremely holy when the deity promises continual presence there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Paṃgu Tīrtha, where Śiva affirms abiding sāṃnidhya with his consort.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it establishes the site’s sanctity through divine residence.