Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति दृष्ट्वा वार्कस्थलं रविम् । स्नात्वा त्रिसंगमे तीर्थे सप्तैव रविवासरान्

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti dṛṣṭvā vārkasthalaṃ ravim | snātvā trisaṃgame tīrthe saptaiva ravivāsarān

Translation

One attains that very merit by beholding the Sun at Arkasthala, and by bathing at the Trisaṅgama sacred ford for seven Sundays.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समवाप्नोति: attains; obtains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• व: and; also
• व: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'and/also')

• अर्कस्थलम्: Arka-sthala (Sun’s place)
• अर्कस्थलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क + स्थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• रविम्: the Sun
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• त्रिसंगमे: at the threefold confluence
• त्रिसंगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; विशेषणम्

• एव: indeed; exactly
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• रविवासरान्: Sundays (days of the Sun)
• रविवासरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from adjacent adhyāya context in this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arkasthala; Trisaṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, the Sun is beheld at Arkasthala; then pilgrims proceed to a confluence where three streams meet, performing seven-Sunday baths—shown as a sequence of seven rising suns or seven small vignettes.

Characters & Entities

• Arkasthala
• Ravi (Sun)
• Trisaṅgama Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sight (darśana) and sacred bathing (snāna), performed with regularity, are taught as direct means to obtain puṇya in a renowned tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala and the Trisaṅgama Tīrtha within the Prabhāsa sacred region are praised for Sun-darśana and ritual bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Trisaṅgama Tīrtha for seven Sundays and behold the Sun at Arkasthala.