Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
मुण्डनं चोपवासश्च सर्वतीर्थेष्वयं विधिः
Transliteration
muṇḍanaṃ copavāsaśca sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ
Translation
Tonsur (muṇḍana) und Fasten — dies ist die vorgeschriebene Übung an allen Tīrthas.
Word by Word
मुण्डनम्tonsure; shaving
मुण्डनम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
उपवासःfasting
उपवासः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootउपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक
सर्वतीर्थेषुin all sacred fords
सर्वतीर्थेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; ‘in all tīrthas’
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘this’
विधिःrule; injunction
विधिः:
Kriya-samartha/Predicate (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate nominative)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Implied continuing addressee
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims at a tīrtha ghat: some with freshly tonsured heads, others observing a simple fast, sitting in meditation with water pots and prayer beads; atmosphere of austerity.
Characters & Entities
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Tīrthas (holy fords/pilgrimage sites)FAQs
Pilgrimage is not tourism; it is disciplined self-restraint—fasting and humility accompany sacred travel.
While spoken in Prabhāsa context, it generalizes the rule to all tīrthas, reinforcing Prabhāsa’s alignment with pan-Indian tīrtha-dharma.
Muṇḍana (tonsure) and upavāsa (fasting) as standard tīrtha procedure.