Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

कौतूहलादिह प्राप्तश्चिरात्ते दर्शनं गतः । मर्त्त्यलोकात्समायातो यास्यामि ब्रह्मणः पदम्

Transliteration

kautūhalādiha prāptaścirātte darśanaṃ gataḥ | marttyalokātsamāyāto yāsyāmi brahmaṇaḥ padam

Translation

出于好奇我来到此处；久别之后得以见你一面（得汝达尔善）。自人间而来，如今我将前往梵天的居所。

Word by Word

• kautūhalāt: from curiosity
• kautūhalāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kautūhala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause): “out of curiosity”

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/Adverb): “here”

• prāptaḥ: arrived
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) + pra- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “arrived” (speaker implied)

• cirāt: after a long time
• cirāt: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cirāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/Adverb): “after a long time/long ago”

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम: “your”

• darśanam: sight/meeting
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gataḥ: attained
• gataḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “gone/attained” (i.e., obtained the sight)

• martya-lokāt: from the mortal world
• martya-lokāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘मर्त्यानां लोकः’ = “mortal world”

• samāyātaḥ: having come
• samāyātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या) + sam-ā- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “having come”

• yāsyāmi: I will go
• yāsyāmi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; “of Brahmā”

• padam: abode/state
• padam: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahiṣāsura (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, having arrived, speaks with gentle finality: he came from the mortal realm, obtained the meeting, and now departs upward toward Brahmā’s abode.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mahiṣāsura
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satsanga and darśana are valued, yet the sage remains unattached and continues onward in divine duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is named; the verse mentions movement from Martyaloka toward Brahmā’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative context about Nārada’s purpose and onward journey.