Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कलत्रमित्रपुत्रैर्वा भ्रातृभिः स्वजनैर्नरैः । सहितो वा नरैर्याति तीर्थे देवं विचिंत्य च

Transliteration

kalatramitraputrairvā bhrātṛbhiḥ svajanairnaraiḥ | sahito vā narairyāti tīrthe devaṃ viciṃtya ca

Translation

Ob mit Gattin, Freunden, Söhnen, Brüdern und den Seinen—oder selbst mit anderen Männern—geht er zur Tīrtha, indem er den Deva im Geist erwägt.

Word by Word

• कलत्रमित्रपुत्रैः: with wife, friends, and sons
• कलत्रमित्रपुत्रैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलत्र + मित्र + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; सहकार्यार्थे (instrumental of accompaniment)

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• भ्रातृभिः: with brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; सहकार्यार्थे

• स्वजनैः: with one’s own people/kinsmen
• स्वजनैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; सहकार्यार्थे

• नरैः: with men/people
• नरैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; सहकार्यार्थे

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + इ (धातु) → सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (or)

• नरैः: with men
• नरैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; सहकार्यार्थे

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• विचिन्त्य: having contemplated
• विचिन्त्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group—husband and wife, children, friends, brothers—walk together toward the tīrtha, hands in prayer or holding offerings, with the deity’s temple visible ahead; their faces show focused remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (unspecified deity; context of Śiva worship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā is inclusive—one may go with family or companions—yet the key is constant remembrance of the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is the Vastrāpathakṣetra setting of this māhātmya in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Travel to the tīrtha while mentally contemplating the deity (deva-smṛti/vicintana).