Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

चैत्रे मासि भवं दृष्ट्वा न पुनर्जायते भुवि । वैशाख्यामथवा सम्यग्भवं दृष्ट्वा विमुच्यते

Transliteration

caitre māsi bhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā na punarjāyate bhuvi | vaiśākhyāmathavā samyagbhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimucyate

Translation

By beholding Bhava in the month of Caitra, one is not born again upon the earth; or else, by rightly beholding Bhava in Vaiśākha, one is set free.

Word by Word

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; मासविशेषण (मासि)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala/Avadhi (Temporal adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (again)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘भू’ = पृथिवी

• वैशाख्याम्: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाख्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाखी/वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (मास-नाम; ‘वैशाख्याम्’ = वैशाखे मासि)

• अथवा: or
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्प/alternative conjunction)

• सम्यक्: properly, completely
• सम्यक्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive)

• विमुच्यते: is liberated, is released
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भाव (is released)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhava-darśana at Vastrāpatha (Caitra/Vaiśākha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-panel temporal depiction: (1) Caitra—spring blossoms, devotees beholding Bhava with serene faces; (2) Vaiśākha—bright sun, ritual orderliness, devotee’s focused gaze suggesting ‘vimukti’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Caitra
• Vaiśākha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (māsa) and place (kṣetra) intensify spiritual results; Śiva-darśana in auspicious months is praised as a direct cause of release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, through the act of seeing Bhava (Śiva) there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Bhava specifically in Caitra or Vaiśākha, emphasizing ‘samyak’—right disposition and proper observance.