Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नेव दिने पूज्यं तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः

Transliteration

tasminneva dine pūjyaṃ tīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ

Translation

في ذلك اليوم بعينه ينبغي أن يُقام له السجود والعبادة، على صلةٍ برحلة الحجّ إلى المعابر المقدّسة (تيرثا).

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निश्चयार्थक-निपातः

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पूज्यम्: to be worshipped
• पूज्यम्: कर्म/विधेय (Object/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (यत्) कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गतः: due to the occasion of pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गतः: हेतु (Hetu/Causal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तसिल् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: समासः: (तीर्थयात्रा) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः; ततः ‘तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्ग’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम् ‘-तः’ (ablatival adverb) = on account of/from the occasion of

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha-yātrā context (specific station implied from prior verses: Śrīmukha/Mātṛgaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the same interlocutor as prior verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moving procession of pilgrims along the Prabhāsa route; one pauses at a shrine to perform worship ‘on that very day’, while others carry water pots and offerings—ritual embedded in travel.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not mere travel; it is sanctified by timely worship integrated into the tīrtha journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate Prabhāsa-kṣetra pilgrimage circuit (tīrtha-yātrā) in which the described shrines are visited.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform worship on the specified day as part of the tīrtha-yātrā observance.