Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अग्निहोत्रैश्च संन्यासैराश्रमैश्च सुपालितैः । त्रिदंडैरेकदंडैश्च शैवैः पाशुपतैरपि

Transliteration

agnihotraiśca saṃnyāsairāśramaiśca supālitaiḥ | tridaṃḍairekadaṃḍaiśca śaivaiḥ pāśupatairapi

Translation

Durch die Agnihotra-Riten, durch Entsagungen, durch die wohlbewahrten Ordnungen der Āśramas; durch Tridaṇḍins und Ekadaṇḍins, und auch durch Śaivas und Pāśupatas—

Word by Word

• agnihotraiḥ: by Agnihotra rites
• agnihotraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + hotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अग्नेः होत्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃnyāsaiḥ: by renunciations / orders of renunciation
• saṃnyāsaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃnyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• āśramaiḥ: by āśramas (stages/monastic establishments)
• āśramaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• supālitaiḥ: well-maintained
• supālitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + pāl (धातु) + ita (क्त/क्तवत्-सम्भव) → supālita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying āśramaiḥ)

• tridaṃḍaiḥ: by triple staffs (tridaṇḍa)
• tridaṃḍaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + daṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (त्रयः दण्डाः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ekadaṃḍaiḥ: by single staffs (ekadaṇḍa)
• ekadaṃḍaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + daṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (एकः दण्डः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• śaivaiḥ: by Śaivas
• śaivaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; शिवसम्बद्धाः (followers of Śiva)

• pāśupataiḥ: by Pāśupatas
• pāśupataiḥ: Karana (Instrument/association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पाशुपतमतानुयायिनः

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Additive particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक (also/even)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśa domain)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand pilgrimage assembly at Prabhāsa: Agnihotrin householders tending sacred fires; tridaṇḍin and ekadaṇḍin renouncers walking with staffs; Śaiva and Pāśupata ascetics with rudrākṣa and ash, all oriented toward the Someśa shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Agnihotra
• Saṃnyāsa
• Tridaṇḍin
• Ekadaṇḍin
• Śaiva
• Pāśupata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Many orthodox paths—ritual, renunciation, and sectarian disciplines—are acknowledged as sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage exalts Prabhāsa and Someśvara as the focal tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agnihotra performance and faithful observance of āśrama disciplines are named, alongside renunciant orders.