Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

चैत्रे मासि भवं दृष्ट्वा न पुनर्जायते भुवि । वैशाख्यामथवा सम्यग्भवं दृष्ट्वा विमुच्यते

Transliteration

caitre māsi bhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā na punarjāyate bhuvi | vaiśākhyāmathavā samyagbhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimucyate

Translation

من أبصر بهافا في شهر تشيترا لا يعود يولد على الأرض؛ أو من أبصر بهافا على الوجه القويم في شهر فايشاكها نال التحرّر.

Word by Word

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; मासविशेषण (मासि)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala/Avadhi (Temporal adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (again)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘भू’ = पृथिवी

• वैशाख्याम्: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाख्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाखी/वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (मास-नाम; ‘वैशाख्याम्’ = वैशाखे मासि)

• अथवा: or
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्प/alternative conjunction)

• सम्यक्: properly, completely
• सम्यक्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive)

• विमुच्यते: is liberated, is released
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भाव (is released)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhava-darśana at Vastrāpatha (Caitra/Vaiśākha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-panel temporal depiction: (1) Caitra—spring blossoms, devotees beholding Bhava with serene faces; (2) Vaiśākha—bright sun, ritual orderliness, devotee’s focused gaze suggesting ‘vimukti’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Caitra
• Vaiśākha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (māsa) and place (kṣetra) intensify spiritual results; Śiva-darśana in auspicious months is praised as a direct cause of release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, through the act of seeing Bhava (Śiva) there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Bhava specifically in Caitra or Vaiśākha, emphasizing ‘samyak’—right disposition and proper observance.