Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ततो दिनावसाने तु गुहामेकां समाश्रितः । भूमौ पद्मानि निक्षिप्य क्षुधाविष्टः प्रसुप्तवान्

Transliteration

tato dināvasāne tu guhāmekāṃ samāśritaḥ | bhūmau padmāni nikṣipya kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ prasuptavān

Translation

Rồi đến cuối ngày, ông nương náu trong một hang động. Đặt những đóa sen xuống đất, bị cơn đói lấn át, ông thiếp ngủ.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-शब्दः, अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)

• dina-avasāne: at day’s end
• dina-avasāne: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक) + avasāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिनस्य अवसाने = at the end of the day)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (contrast/emphasis)

• guhām: a cave
• guhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ekām: one
• ekām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• samāśritaḥ: having taken shelter
• samāśritaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-śrita (कृदन्त; √śri + सम्/आ उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समाश्रित—क्त (having taken refuge/entered)

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• padmāni: lotuses
• padmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• nikṣipya: having placed
• nikṣipya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√kṣip (क्षिप् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्ग—नि; अर्थः—निक्षेपणं कृत्वा (having placed/laid down)

• kṣudhā-āviṣṭaḥ: overcome by hunger
• kṣudhā-āviṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + āviṣṭa (कृदन्त; ā-√viś)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (क्षुधया आविष्टः = seized by hunger); आविष्ट—क्त

• prasuptavān: fell asleep
• prasuptavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prasupta (कृदन्त; pra-√svap) + -vat (मतुप्/वतु प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतार्थे कर्तरि ‘-वत्’ (one who has slept = fell asleep)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guhā (Arbuda cave shelter; contextual)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dusk, the exhausted man enters a rocky cave, lays the lotus bundles on the ground, and collapses into sleep from hunger; the cave mouth frames the fading light.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human limitation and suffering often become the threshold for grace, redirecting life toward sacred hearing and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself describes a cave; the sacred locus becomes explicit with the Śiva temple/Kedāra references that follow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the circumstance immediately preceding sacred sound (śravaṇa) and vrata-context.