Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

प्रभासाय प्रयातव्यं यदाऽमृत्योर्मया स्फुटम् । ततश्चैवोर्ज्जयंतोऽपि मूर्छाभावाल्लुठन्पुरः

Transliteration

prabhāsāya prayātavyaṃ yadā'mṛtyormayā sphuṭam | tataścaivorjjayaṃto'pi mūrchābhāvālluṭhanpuraḥ

Translation

„Ich muss nach Prabhāsa weiterziehen—das habe ich klar beschlossen, selbst um den Preis meines Lebens.“ Dann zog auch Ūrjayanta, von Ohnmacht überwältigt, weiter voraus, kriechend und sich rollend.

Word by Word

• प्रभासाय: to Prabhāsa
• प्रभासाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान/गत्यर्थे (towards)

• प्रयातव्यम्: must be gone (one should go)
• प्रयातव्यम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-yā (धातु) + tavya (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः—'it must be gone'

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अमृत्योः: of immortality
• अमृत्योः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of immortality)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; करण/कर्तृसाधन

• स्फुटम्: clearly
• स्फुटम्: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (then/from that)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• उर्ज्जयन्तः: striving/pressing on
• उर्ज्जयन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: urj (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण—(ते)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• मूर्छाभावात्: from the state of fainting
• मूर्छाभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrcchā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे अपादान; समासः: मूर्छायाः भावः (genitive tatpurusha)

• लुठन्: rolling/falling
• लुठन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: luṭh (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन/बहुवचन (पदच्छेदे सन्दर्भानुसार); क्रियाविशेषणभावे—'falling/rolling'

• पुरः: forward/in front
• पुरः: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशावाचक अव्यय (adverb: in front/forward)

Speaker

Prāleya (first sentence), then Sūta narrating the action (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two pilgrims press onward toward Prabhāsa; one declares he will go even at the cost of life, while Ūrjayanta, fainting, crawls and rolls forward on the path.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Prāleya
• Ūrjayanta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The vow to reach a sacred place (Prabhāsa) is upheld with life-risking determination, portraying pilgrimage as disciplined dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa, the famed sacred region associated with Śiva and Somanātha traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the prescription is ethical-spiritual: unwavering commitment to the tīrtha-yātrā saṅkalpa.