Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

गृहेषु वसतां तीर्थं गृहेषु वसतां तपः । गृहेषु वसतां मोक्षो वंजुलीसमुपोषणात्

Transliteration

gṛheṣu vasatāṃ tīrthaṃ gṛheṣu vasatāṃ tapaḥ | gṛheṣu vasatāṃ mokṣo vaṃjulīsamupoṣaṇāt

Translation

Für jene, die in ihren Häusern bleiben, wird die Vaṃjulī-Observanz selbst zur tīrtha; für jene, die in ihren Häusern bleiben, wird sie zur Askese (tapas); für jene, die in ihren Häusern bleiben, wird sie zur Befreiung (mokṣa)—durch Fasten und Übung in Verbindung mit Vaṃjulī.

Word by Word

• गृहेषु: in (their) houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• वसताम्: of those dwelling
• वसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of those dwelling)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place; pilgrimage merit
• तीर्थम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• गृहेषु: in houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वसताम्: of those living
• वसताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-कृदन्त, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गृहेषु: in houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वसताम्: of those dwelling
• वसताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-कृदन्त, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वंजुली-समुपोषणात्: from (the act of) fasting/observance at Vaṃjulī
• वंजुली-समुपोषणात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंजुली (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-उप-उष् (धातु) + ल्युट्/अन (कृदन्त: उपोषण)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः): वंजुल्याः समुपोषणम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from section continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṃjulī (as home-based tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King and general audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A modest home transformed into a sanctum: a devotee observes Vaṃjulī fast; the house glows like a tīrtha with subtle symbols of river, fire of tapas, and a doorway to liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Vaṃjulī
• Mokṣa
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even without travel, disciplined observance can yield the spiritual fruits of pilgrimage, austerity, and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vaṃjulī is presented as a ‘tīrtha’ accessible even to those staying at home through its observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vaṃjulī-samupoṣaṇa—fasting/observance connected with Vaṃjulī.