Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

संसारसागरं घोरमुत्तितीर्षुर्द्विजो यदि । प्रभासे कार्त्तिके मासि ब्रह्माणं पूजयेत्सदा

Transliteration

saṃsārasāgaraṃ ghoramuttitīrṣurdvijo yadi | prabhāse kārttike māsi brahmāṇaṃ pūjayetsadā

Translation

Wenn ein Dvija, der den schrecklichen Ozean des Saṃsāra überqueren will, in Prabhāsa weilt, soll er im Monat Kārttika stets Brahmā verehren.

Word by Word

• संसारसागरम्: the ocean of worldly existence
• संसारसागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य सागरः) — Genitive Tatpurusha

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (संसारसागरम्)

• उत्तितीर्षुः: wishing to cross over
• उत्तितीर्षुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Present participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; अर्थः: ‘to desire to cross’ (तितीर्षु-इच्छार्थक)

• द्विजः: a twice-born (Brāhmaṇa etc.)
• द्विजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-निपात (conditional particle)

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• कार्त्तिके: in (the month of) Kārttika
• कार्त्तिके: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; विशेषणम् (मासि)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dvija pilgrim at Prabhāsa in Kārttika, facing a Brahmā shrine, offering flowers and water with a calm, resolute expression; the sea-like expanse symbolizing saṃsāra is hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Kārttika-māsa
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-time (Kārttika) and sacred-place (Prabhāsa) intensify worship into a path aimed at liberation from saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated as a powerful locus for Kārttika worship leading toward transcendence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During Kārttika at Prabhāsa, maintain regular/continuous worship of Brahmā to seek deliverance from worldly bondage.