Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

शक्रादयस्ततो देवास्तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । आनयामास ब्रह्मर्षिस्तपसा पर्वतोत्तमे

Transliteration

śakrādayastato devāstīrthānyāyatanāni ca | ānayāmāsa brahmarṣistapasā parvatottame

Translation

Bấy giờ Śakra (Indra) cùng chư thiên khác đem đến các tīrtha linh thiêng và những thánh địa. Vị Brahmarṣi, nhờ sức khổ hạnh, đã thỉnh mời chúng hội tụ về ngọn núi tối thượng ấy.

Word by Word

• शक्र-आदयः: Śakra and others
• शक्र-आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘Śakra and others’

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha-bodhaka (Sequencer/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — स्थान/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तीर्थानि: holy fords/pilgrimage spots
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• आयतनानि: shrines/abodes
• आयतनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आनयामास: brought
• आनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+नी (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘brought’

• ब्रह्मर्षिः: the Brahmarṣi (great seer)
• ब्रह्मर्षिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘Brahmarṣi’

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by austerity’

• पर्वत-उत्तमे: on the best of mountains
• पर्वत-उत्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘on/in the best mountain’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda as tīrtha-samāhāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra) and devas descend carrying symbolic vessels of various tīrthas; a brahmarṣi in deep tapas radiates force that draws these sacred abodes toward the mountain’s summit.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas
• Tīrthas
• Āyatanas
• Brahmarṣi
• Parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and divine cooperation sanctify geography, turning a mountain into a network of tīrthas and shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda mountain region, presented as a convergence of multiple tīrthas and āyatanas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes the establishment/arrival of tīrthas and shrines through tapas and divine action.