Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा चतुर्दश्याममावास्यां विशेषतः । श्राद्धं च विधिवत्कृत्वा ब्रह्मेशं पूजयेत्ततः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā caturdaśyāmamāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | śrāddhaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtvā brahmeśaṃ pūjayettataḥ

Translation

সেখানে স্নান করে—বিশেষত চতুর্দশী ও অমাবস্যায়—বিধিপূর্বক শ্রাদ্ধ সম্পন্ন করে, তারপর ব্রহ্মেশ (ব্রহ্মেশ্বর)-এর পূজা করা উচিত।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having bathed'

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vidhi-vat: according to proper procedure
• vidhi-vat: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (वत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'according to rule')

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having done'

• brahmeśam: Brahmeśa (Śiva)
• brahmeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakūṇḍa (near Brahmeśvara)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stepped banks of Brahmakūṇḍa at dawn; one performs snāna, another offers piṇḍa and tarpaṇa; afterward they approach the Brahmeśvara liṅga with lamps and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmeśvara (Brahmeśa)
• Brahmakūṇḍa
• Amāvāsyā
• Caturdaśī
• Śrāddha
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through tīrtha-bathing and honoring ancestors is completed by devotion to Śiva through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place associated with Brahmakūṇḍa and the worship-site of Brahmeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the site on caturdaśī and amāvāsyā, performance of śrāddha, and subsequent pūjā of Brahmeśa.