Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन द्रष्टव्योऽसौ महामुनिः । शुचिभिः श्रद्धया युक्तास्ते यास्यंति परं पदम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena draṣṭavyo'sau mahāmuniḥ | śucibhiḥ śraddhayā yuktāste yāsyaṃti paraṃ padam

Translation

فلذلك ينبغي، بكل جهد، أن يُلتمس ذلك الحكيم العظيم ويُشاهَد. والذين هم طاهرون ومقرون بالإيمان يبلغون المقام الأعلى.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Causal/Therefore)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (ablatival adverb): ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्व-प्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्व-प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

• द्रष्टव्यः: should be seen
• द्रष्टव्यः: Kriya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → draṣṭavya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि/कर्मणि-योग्यः ‘to be seen/should be seen’

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

• शुचिभिः: by the pure (persons)
• शुचिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• युक्ताः: endowed (with)
• युक्ताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuj (धातु) → yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘endowed/connected’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vasiṣṭha-darśana (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims, bathed and in clean garments, approach a radiant sage (Vasiṣṭha) with folded hands; the path winds through Arbuda hills toward a quiet hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāmuni (Vāmadeva implied)
• Paramam Padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual attainment arises from earnest effort, inner purity, and faith—especially through holy darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha-setting within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa where the great sage (Vāmadeva) is present or commemorated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake determined pilgrimage/approach for darśana of the mahāmuni, maintaining śauca (purity) and śraddhā (faith).