Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा महाकुण्डे यस्तं पूजयते नरः । पंचोपचारविधिना भक्तियुक्तो यतेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā mahākuṇḍe yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | paṃcopacāravidhinā bhaktiyukto yatendriyaḥ

Translation

Wer dort im großen Kuṇḍa gebadet hat und Ihn nach dem Ritus der fünf Darbringungen verehrt, voll Hingabe und mit gezügelten Sinnen, erlangt das verheißene Verdienst.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना) + त्वा (absolutive)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वान्त (क्त्वा) अव्ययभाव (gerund): having bathed

• mahākuṇḍe: in the great pond
• mahākuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + kuṇḍa (महा + कुण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् कुण्डम्)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (नर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• paṃcopacāravidhinā: by the method of five offerings
• paṃcopacāravidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + upacāra + vidhina (पञ्च + उपचार + विधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पञ्चोपचाराणां विधिः; तेन)

• bhaktiyuktaḥ: endowed with devotion
• bhaktiyuktaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti + yukta (भक्ति + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या युक्तः)

• yatendriyaḥ: one whose senses are restrained
• yatendriyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata + indriya (यत + इन्द्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहि (यतेन्द्रियाणि यस्य)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (within Brahmakuṇḍa complex)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the stepped kuṇḍa, wet hair and folded cloth, then offers five upacāras before a Śiva shrine; lamps glow, incense rises, flowers scatter on the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• mahākuṇḍa
• pañcopacāra
• Bhairaveśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with disciplined devotion—purity (snāna), worship (pūjā), and self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahākuṇḍa associated with Bhairaveśvara near Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the kuṇḍa and pañcopacāra-vidhi (five-offering worship) performed with bhakti and sense-restraint.