Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

श्रावणे मासि संप्राप्ते तस्मिन्कूपे विधानतः । यः स्नानं कुरुते देवि श्राद्धं तत्र विशेषतः

Transliteration

śrāvaṇe māsi saṃprāpte tasminkūpe vidhānataḥ | yaḥ snānaṃ kurute devi śrāddhaṃ tatra viśeṣataḥ

Translation

O Göttin, wenn der Monat Śrāvaṇa herankommt, erlangt, wer in jenem Brunnen nach der vorgeschriebenen Ordnung badet—und dort insbesondere das śrāddha vollzieht—außerordentliches Verdienst.

Word by Word

• श्रावणे: in Śrāvaṇa (month)
• श्रावणे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संप्राप्ते: when (it has) arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् (धातु) + सम् + प्र + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कूपे: in the well
• कूपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to prescription
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय; विधान + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (according to rule)

• यः: whoever (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय; विशेष + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (especially)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kūpa (as referenced)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stone-lined sacred well at Prabhāsa; during Śrāvaṇa, pilgrims descend steps to bathe, while a family performs śrāddha nearby with darbha, piṇḍa offerings, and tarpaṇa into water.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa
• kūpa (sacred well)
• śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts done in a sanctified place and sacred time (Śrāvaṇa) become especially potent for dharma and ancestral uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred kūpa (well) within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the well according to rule, and particularly performing śrāddha there.