Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तत्र सूर्यग्रहे प्राप्ते स्नानदानादिकाः क्रियाः । यः करोति फलं तस्य कुरुक्षेत्र समं भवेत्

Transliteration

tatra sūryagrahe prāpte snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ | yaḥ karoti phalaṃ tasya kurukṣetra samaṃ bhavet

Translation

Lorsqu’une éclipse solaire s’y produit, quiconque accomplit des actes tels que le bain sacré, l’aumône et les rites qui s’y rattachent—son mérite devient égal à celui acquis à Kurukṣetra.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sūrya-grahe: at a solar eclipse
• sūrya-grahe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sūryasya grahaḥ)

• prāpte: when it has occurred
• prāpte: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √āp (आप्) + प्र, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• snāna-dāna-ādikāḥ: such as bathing and giving (charity)
• snāna-dāna-ādikāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāna + dāna + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca ādayaḥ)

• kriyāḥ: acts/rites
• kriyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• karoti: does/performs
• karoti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kurukṣetra: Kurukṣetra
• kurukṣetra: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kurūṇāṃ kṣetram)

• samam: equal to
• samam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Upamā (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तुल्यर्थक-विशेषण

• bhavet: would be/becomes
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha (unspecified sub-tīrtha; 'tatra' within Arbuda circuit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solar eclipse darkens the sky over a sacred waterbody at Arbuda; pilgrims bathe, offer dāna, and perform rites, while the narration proclaims Kurukṣetra-equivalent merit.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (solar eclipse)
• Kurukṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rituals done at the right time (solar eclipse) and in a praised tīrtha multiply merit to the level of famed dharma-kṣetras like Kurukṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha in the Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred landscape within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; the verse speaks of ‘there’ (tatra) referring to the ongoing site description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) and dāna (charity), along with allied religious observances, performed during a solar eclipse.