Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवं कृत्वा नरो भक्त्या लभते जन्मनः फलम् । तथा च सर्वतीर्थानां सकलं लभते फलम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtvā naro bhaktyā labhate janmanaḥ phalam | tathā ca sarvatīrthānāṃ sakalaṃ labhate phalam

Translation

Wer so in Hingabe handelt, erlangt die wahre Frucht der menschlichen Geburt; ebenso empfängt er in Fülle das Verdienst aller heiligen Tīrthas.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — 'thus'

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having done'

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

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• janmanaḥ: of birth/of one’s life
• janmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (जन्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (फल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — 'so/likewise'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• sarvatīrthānām: of all sacred places
• sarvatīrthānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + tīrtha (तीर्थ)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि तीर्थानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sakalam: entire/complete
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (सकल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (फलम् विशेषयति)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (फल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnath)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes darśana and vrata; behind him, a symbolic mandala shows many famous tīrthas (Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Kedāra, Kāśī) converging into Prabhāsa, indicating ‘all-tīrtha fruit’.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Sarva-tīrtha (all holy places)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through prescribed observance culminates in fulfilling the very aim of human life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the worship of Someśvara, presented as equivalent to the merit of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It refers back to the prior instruction—devotional observance/fasting connected to the day of Someśvara darśana.