Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र कुंडे नरः स्नात्वा चतुर्थ्यां प्रयतात्मवान् । पूजयेद्यस्तु तं भक्त्या विघ्नेशस्तस्य तुष्यति

Transliteration

tatra kuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā caturthyāṃ prayatātmavān | pūjayedyastu taṃ bhaktyā vighneśastasya tuṣyati

Translation

Après s’être baigné dans ce bassin, l’homme, maître de lui, au quatrième jour lunaire (caturthī) doit L’adorer avec bhakti ; alors Vighneśa se réjouit de ce dévot.

Word by Word

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

• kuṇḍe: in the pond
• kuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु) (क्त्वा/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• caturthyām: on the fourth (lunar day)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे (time-locative)

• prayatātmavān: self-controlled/pure-minded
• prayatātmavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prayata-ātmavat (प्रातिपदिक; प्रयत + आत्मवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to naraḥ)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• tam: him (Vighneśa)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (instrument/means)

• vighneśaḥ: Vighneśa
• vighneśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighneśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

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

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed in verse) a kuṇḍa within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; contextually within the Gajakuṃbhodara-related tīrtha cycle

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred pond in Prabhāsa at dawn; a restrained pilgrim emerges from the water, hands joined, then offers durvā and modaka at a small shrine of Vighneśa under a sacred tree; other pilgrims wait quietly with lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)
• Caturthī
• Kuṇḍa (tīrtha pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna), self-restraint, and devotion together make worship effective; divine grace follows disciplined bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa (sacred pond) in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra circuit, connected with the nearby Vighneśa (Gajakuṃbhodara) shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the kuṇḍa, followed by devotional pūjā of Vighneśa on Caturthī, undertaken with a restrained mind.