Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र शुक्लतृतीयायां चैत्रे मासि विधानतः । यात्रां कुर्याच्च मतिमान्सर्वकाममवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tatra śuklatṛtīyāyāṃ caitre māsi vidhānataḥ | yātrāṃ kuryācca matimānsarvakāmamavāpnuyāt

Translation

هناك، في شهر تشيترا، في اليوم القمري الثالث من النصف المضيء، على العاقل أن يقوم بالحج وفق السنن المقررة؛ وبذلك ينال تمام كل مراد.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place)

• शुक्ल-तृतीयायाम्: on the bright-third (tithi)
• शुक्ल-तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; शुक्लपक्षस्य तृतीया (locative: on the bright fortnight’s third lunar day)

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (in the month of Caitra)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed rule
• विधानतः: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/हेतु-प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘according to rule/ordinance’

• यात्राम्: a pilgrimage/journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; ‘he should do’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• मतिमान्: wise, intelligent
• मतिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मतिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘जनः/पुरुषः’)

• सर्व-कामम्: all desired objects / every wish
• सर्व-कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘all desires’ as a collective object

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Result action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakanandā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A springtime (Caitra) pilgrimage procession approaches Kanakanandā on śukla tṛtīyā; blossoming trees, bright moon phase symbolism, devotees carrying offerings and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Caitra
• Śukla-tṛtīyā
• Kanakanandā
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing (tithi) and right method (vidhi) sanctify travel into a merit-yielding yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakanandā’s sacred site in Prabhāsakṣetra, to be visited on a specified auspicious tithi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the yātrā on Caitra month’s bright-third (śukla-tṛtīyā) and follow prescribed procedure (vidhānataḥ).