Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तस्यान्योऽपि च यः शिष्यो गुरुभक्तिपरायणः । उत्तंको नाम मेधावी न्यवसत्तस्य मन्दिरे

Transliteration

tasyānyo'pi ca yaḥ śiṣyo gurubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | uttaṃko nāma medhāvī nyavasattasya mandire

Translation

他另有一位弟子，专心以师为依、具足师徒之敬；名为乌达坦迦（Uttaṅka）的聪慧少年，仍住在师尊的居所之中。

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (यत्-प्रत्यय)

• śiṣyaḥ: disciple
• śiṣyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• guru-bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to devotion toward the teacher
• guru-bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘गुरौ भक्तौ परायणः’

• uttaṃkaḥ: Uttaṅka
• uttaṃkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttaṃka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Apposition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देशक/quotative particle)

• medhāvī: intelligent
• medhāvī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: medhāvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nyavasat: dwelt; stayed
• nyavasat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vas (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (परस्मैपद, अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• tasya: of him (the teacher)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• mandire: in the house
• mandire: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Gautama
• Uttaṅka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast guru-bhakti and continued service are portrayed as marks of a superior disciple.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the āśrama setting supports the section’s sacred-history framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it highlights the vow-like discipline of residing with and serving the guru.