Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 182

Devanagari script

क्षणं कृत्वा हि संपूज्य एकाहारेण मानवैः । सर्वव्याधिविनाशाय सर्वकार्यार्थसिद्धये

Transliteration

kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā hi saṃpūjya ekāhāreṇa mānavaiḥ | sarvavyādhivināśāya sarvakāryārthasiddhaye

Translation

Wer eine Zeit der Zucht auf sich nimmt und Ihn gebührend verehrt, und dabei nur eine Mahlzeit am Tage zu sich nimmt, erlangt die Vernichtung aller Krankheiten und die Erfüllung jedes gewünschten Vorhabens.

Word by Word

• क्षणम्: for a moment
• क्षणम्: Kriya-visheshana (Measure/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine (duration/measure)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having done/made’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having worshipped well’

• एकाहारेण: with one meal (a day)
• एकाहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular masculine; (एकः आहारः यस्य/एक-आहारः) here as means ‘with single meal’

• मानवैः: by people, by humans
• मानवैः: Kartr-karana (Agent group/कर्ता-समूह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; instrumental plural masculine

• सर्वव्याधि-विनाशाय: for the destruction of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधि-विनाशाय: Sampradana/Purpose (Dative/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + व्याधि + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; dative singular masculine; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• सर्वकार्य-अर्थ-सिद्धये: for the accomplishment of all aims and tasks
• सर्वकार्य-अर्थ-सिद्धये: Sampradana/Purpose (Dative/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कार्य + अर्थ + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; dative singular feminine; प्रयोजन (purpose)

Speaker

Gośṛṅga (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra / Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Prabhāsa performs restrained worship—simple offerings before a Śiva-liṅga—after observing ekāhāra; the atmosphere suggests healing and fulfillment of aims.

Characters & Entities

• Someshvara (implied)
• Humans (mānava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint paired with devotion turns worship into transformative medicine—removing affliction and enabling righteous success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the worship of Someshvara, the coastal Lord praised in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Duly worship Someshvara while observing ekāhāra (one meal a day) as part of a vow for healing and fulfillment of aims.