Shloka 16 - Adhyaya 25 - Arbudha Khanda - Prabhasa Khanda | German | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अहमत्र महाष्टम्यां निवेक्ष्यामि महामते । ये च स्नानं करिष्यंति संप्राप्ते चाष्टमीदिने । ते यास्यंति परं स्थानं यत्राहं नित्यसंस्थितः

Transliteration

ahamatra mahāṣṭamyāṃ nivekṣyāmi mahāmate | ye ca snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti saṃprāpte cāṣṭamīdine | te yāsyaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ yatrāhaṃ nityasaṃsthitaḥ

Translation

O Großgesinnter, am großen Aṣṭamī-Tag werde Ich hier gegenwärtig sein. Wer sich badet, wenn der Aṣṭamī-Tag eintrifft, gelangt zur höchsten Wohnstatt — dort, wo Ich ewig weile.

Word by Word

अहम्I

अत्रhere

महाष्टम्याम्on the great eighth (lunar day)

निवेक्ष्यामिI will enter / I will dwell

महामतेO great-minded one

येthose who

चand

स्नानम्bathing

करिष्यन्तिwill do

सम्प्राप्तेwhen (it) has arrived

चand

अष्टमीदिनेon the day of the eighth (tithi)

तेthey

यास्यन्तिwill go

परम्supreme

स्थानम्abode/place

यत्रwhere

अहम्I

नित्यसंस्थितःever-abiding

Speaker

Bhagavān (Mahādeva/Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Piṇḍāraka (mahāmati addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Mahāṣṭamī, pilgrims bathe at Piṇḍāraka while an unseen/manifest Śiva presence sanctifies the waters; the scene suggests ascent to a luminous ‘parama sthāna’.

Characters & Entities

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Aṣṭamī

Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Aṣṭamī) and sacred place (tīrtha) unite to elevate the devotee toward Śiva’s highest station.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha, where Śiva promises special presence on Mahā-Aṣṭamī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha specifically on the Aṣṭamī day.