Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

युगादिमन्वादिदिने गृहे कार्यो महोत्सवः । तीर्थे वा गमनं कार्यं गृहाच्छतगुणं यतः

Transliteration

yugādimanvādidine gṛhe kāryo mahotsavaḥ | tīrthe vā gamanaṃ kāryaṃ gṛhācchataguṇaṃ yataḥ

Translation

في أيّام يوغادي ومانفادي ينبغي إقامة احتفال عظيم في البيت، أو الذهاب إلى التيرثا (المعبر المقدّس)؛ لأنّ الثواب في الموضع المقدّس يكون مئةَ ضعفٍ ممّا يُنال في البيت.

Word by Word

• युगादिमन्वादिदिने: on the yugādi/manvādi day
• युगादिमन्वादिदिने: Adhikarana (time: on yugādi/manvādi day)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगादि (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्वादि (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (युगादि-मन्वादि-दिन); सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative, Singular; day-occasion)

• गृहे: at home
• गृहे: Adhikarana (place: at home)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• कार्यः: to be done; should be performed
• कार्यः: Predicate (vidheya)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); विधेय-विशेषण

• महोत्सवः: a great festival
• महोत्सवः: Karta (Subject: the festival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महान् उत्सवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• तीर्थे: at a sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (place: at a tīrtha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (alternative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• गमनम्: going; journey
• गमनम्: Karta (Subject: going)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गमन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाववाचक-घञ्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Predicate (vidheya)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular); विधेय

• गृहात्: from (one’s) home
• गृहात्: Apadana (source: from home)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• शतगुणम्: hundredfold
• शतगुणम्: Visheshana (qualifier of फलम् implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शतं गुणाः यस्य/शतगुणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/निपातवत्; हेत्वर्थे अव्यय (causal: 'because/for')

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (and tīrthas generally)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household prepares a mahotsava with lamps and offerings while another group sets out on pilgrimage with flags and water pots; a caption-like motif shows ‘100x’ as symbolic radiance emanating from the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places amplify spiritual effort; on cosmically significant days, pilgrimage to a tīrtha yields vastly greater merit than ordinary domestic observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse promotes tīrtha-going in general while situated in the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, implicitly extolling Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa as a prime destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Celebrate a mahotsava at home on Yugādi/Manvādi, or undertake tīrtha-yātrā on those days for multiplied merit.