Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततः पश्येद्वराहं तु तस्माद्धरिगृहं व्रजेत् । तत्र मातृस्तु संपूज्य स्नात्वा सागरसंगमे

Transliteration

tataḥ paśyedvarāhaṃ tu tasmāddharigṛhaṃ vrajet | tatra mātṛstu saṃpūjya snātvā sāgarasaṃgame

Translation

ثمّ ينبغي أن يُشاهَد فَرَاهَا (Varāha)، ومن هناك يُقصد مَعبد هَري. وفي ذلك الموضع، بعد إكرام أمهات الآلهة (ماتْرِ) بالعبادة التامّة والاغتسال عند ملتقى الماء بالمحيط، ينال المرء طهارةً وقداسة.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thereafter)

• paśyet: one should see
• paśyet: Kriya (Injunctive instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु; पश्य-)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• varāham: the boar (Varāha)
• varāham: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• tu: indeed; and
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/contrast)

• tasmāt: from there
• tasmāt: Apadana (Ablatival)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः; तस्मात् (ablatival adverb: from there)

• harigṛham: Hari’s abode/temple
• harigṛham: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari-gṛha (प्रातिपदिक; हरि + गृह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of vrajet)

• vrajet: one should go
• vrajet: Kriya (Injunctive instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Adverbial locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• mātṝḥ: the Mothers (Mātṛs)
• mātṝḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक; मातृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म (object of saṃpūjya)

• tu: and; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped well
• saṃpūjya: Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having duly worshipped)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• sāgarasaṃgame: at the sea-confluence
• sāgarasaṃgame: Adhikarana (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara-saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक; सागर + संगम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (place: confluence with the sea)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāgara-saṅgama at Prabhāsa (with Varāha-darśana and Hari-gṛha)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (and here the dialogue continues toward Devī’s question in v.285.6)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim party moves along the Prabhāsa coast: first a Varāha icon/temple, then a Viṣṇu (Hari) shrine; nearby a cluster of Mātṛ-devīs receives offerings; finally devotees bathe where river-water meets the sea under a wide horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Varāha
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Hari-gṛha (Hari’s shrine)
• Mātṛs (Mātṛkās)
• Ocean confluence (sāgara-saṅgama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa pilgrimage harmonizes multiple devatās—Varāha, Hari, and the Mātṛs—through darśana, pūjā, and snāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The route highlights Varāha’s site, Hari-gṛha, and the sāgara-saṅgama (sea-confluence bathing place) within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the Mātṛs (Mātṛkā-pūjā) and bathing at the ocean confluence.