Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन यदा प्रभासमागतः । भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्वायुपुत्रो ममांशजः

Transliteration

tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ | bhīmaseno mahābāhurvāyuputro mamāṃśajaḥ

Translation

When, on the occasion of a pilgrimage to the sacred tīrthas, mighty-armed Bhīmasena—son of Vāyu and an emanation of my own power—arrived at Prabhāsa…

Word by Word

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: by occasion of a pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः’ (by occasion of pilgrimage)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb ‘when’)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (holy place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देशनाम (proper place-name)

• आगतः: came
• आगतः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (came)

• भीमसेनः: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम-सेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (proper name)

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भीमसेनः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वायुपुत्रः: son of Vāyu
• वायुपुत्रः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘वायोः पुत्रः’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive ‘my/of me’)

• अंशजः: born of a portion (incarnation)
• अंशजः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश-ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘अंशात् जातः’ (born of a portion)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate next adhyāya opening and continuous māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (arrival context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīmasena, mighty-armed, arrives at the luminous coastal Prabhāsa on pilgrimage, accompanied by brothers; the kṣetra appears as a sacred shoreline with shrines and ghāṭas.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Bhīmasena
• Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become spiritually potent narrative gateways: the devotee’s arrival at a tīrtha initiates grace-bearing events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), the renowned coastal tīrtha celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it sets the scene for later worship and tīrtha-related merit.