Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

भाद्रे कृष्णतृतीयायां यश्चैतं पूजयिष्यति । सोऽश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलमाप्स्यत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

bhādre kṛṣṇatṛtīyāyāṃ yaścaitaṃ pūjayiṣyati | so'śvamedhasahasrasya phalamāpsyatyasaṃśayam

Translation

ভাদ্ৰপদ মাহৰ কৃষ্ণপক্ষৰ তৃতীয়া তিথিত যিয়ে এই (লিঙ্গ) পূজা কৰে, সি নিঃসন্দেহে সহস্ৰ অশ্বমেধ যজ্ঞৰ সমান পুণ্যফল লাভ কৰে।

Word by Word

• भाद्रे: in (the month of) Bhādra
• भाद्रे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन (मासवाचक: ‘in Bhādra month’)

• कृष्णतृतीयायाम्: on the dark-fortnight third lunar day
• कृष्णतृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृष्णा तृतीया); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन (तिथिवाचक)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एतम्: this (one/this liṅga)
• एतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक (सन्दर्भे लिङ्गम्); द्वितीया; एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य: of a thousand Aśvamedha sacrifices
• अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अश्वमेधानां सहस्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• आप्स्यति: will obtain
• आप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Śiva (Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Pṛthivīśa-liṅga context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships a radiant Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsa on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa tṛtīyā; priests hold lamps, conch sounds, and offerings of bilva and water; the sea-breeze and temple flags frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Kṛṣṇa-tṛtīyā
• Dharitrī-liṅga
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time, place, and devotion converge: worship performed at an auspicious tithi in a great kṣetra multiplies spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Dharitrī-liṅga that grants extraordinary merit when worshiped on the stated date.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the liṅga on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa-tṛtīyā, promised to yield the fruit of a thousand Aśvamedhas.