Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 182

Devanagari script

क्षणं कृत्वा हि संपूज्य एकाहारेण मानवैः । सर्वव्याधिविनाशाय सर्वकार्यार्थसिद्धये

Transliteration

kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā hi saṃpūjya ekāhāreṇa mānavaiḥ | sarvavyādhivināśāya sarvakāryārthasiddhaye

Translation

فإذا التزم الإنسانُ زمناً من الانضباط وعبده عبادةً تامّة، مكتفياً بوجبةٍ واحدةٍ في اليوم، نال زوالَ جميعِ الأمراض وتحقّقَ كلِّ مقصدٍ مُراد.

Word by Word

• क्षणम्: for a moment
• क्षणम्: Kriya-visheshana (Measure/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine (duration/measure)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having done/made’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having worshipped well’

• एकाहारेण: with one meal (a day)
• एकाहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular masculine; (एकः आहारः यस्य/एक-आहारः) here as means ‘with single meal’

• मानवैः: by people, by humans
• मानवैः: Kartr-karana (Agent group/कर्ता-समूह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; instrumental plural masculine

• सर्वव्याधि-विनाशाय: for the destruction of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधि-विनाशाय: Sampradana/Purpose (Dative/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + व्याधि + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; dative singular masculine; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• सर्वकार्य-अर्थ-सिद्धये: for the accomplishment of all aims and tasks
• सर्वकार्य-अर्थ-सिद्धये: Sampradana/Purpose (Dative/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कार्य + अर्थ + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; dative singular feminine; प्रयोजन (purpose)

Speaker

Gośṛṅga (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra / Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Prabhāsa performs restrained worship—simple offerings before a Śiva-liṅga—after observing ekāhāra; the atmosphere suggests healing and fulfillment of aims.

Characters & Entities

• Someshvara (implied)
• Humans (mānava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint paired with devotion turns worship into transformative medicine—removing affliction and enabling righteous success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the worship of Someshvara, the coastal Lord praised in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Duly worship Someshvara while observing ekāhāra (one meal a day) as part of a vow for healing and fulfillment of aims.