Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन प्राप्ते शरदि मानवः । अगस्त्यस्याश्रमं गत्वा हाटकेशं प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena prāpte śaradi mānavaḥ | agastyasyāśramaṃ gatvā hāṭakeśaṃ prapūjayet

Translation

Darum soll der Mensch, wenn der Herbst eintritt, mit aller Anstrengung zur Āśrama des Agastya gehen und Hāṭakeśa in Verehrung anbeten.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘सर्वः प्रयत्नः’

• प्राप्ते: when (it is) arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• शरदि: in autumn
• शरदि: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• अगस्त्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• हाटकेशम्: Hāṭakeśa (Lord Hāṭaka)
• हाटकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटक + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘हाटकस्य ईशः’

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Injunctive/vidhi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation of Īśvara’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama at Prabhāsa; Hāṭakeśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General human audience/pilgrim (‘mānavaḥ’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined pilgrim travels in autumn to a quiet hermitage: thatched huts, sacred fire, sages’ presence implied; at the hermitage shrine stands Hāṭakeśa’s liṅga, receiving worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Hāṭakeśa)
• Agastya
• Agastya-āśrama
• Śarad (autumn)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through deliberate effort—choosing sacred time and sacred place for focused worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agastya’s āśrama and Hāṭakeśa (Hāṭakeśvara) within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Travel to the āśrama in śarad (autumn) and perform worship (pūjā) of Hāṭakeśa.