Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा चतुर्दश्याममावास्यां विशेषतः । श्राद्धं च विधिवत्कृत्वा ब्रह्मेशं पूजयेत्ततः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā caturdaśyāmamāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | śrāddhaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtvā brahmeśaṃ pūjayettataḥ

Translation

Après s’y être baigné—surtout le quatorzième jour et au jour de nouvelle lune—et avoir accompli le śrāddha selon le rite, qu’on adore ensuite Brahmeśa (Brahmeśvara).

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having bathed'

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vidhi-vat: according to proper procedure
• vidhi-vat: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (वत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'according to rule')

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having done'

• brahmeśam: Brahmeśa (Śiva)
• brahmeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakūṇḍa (near Brahmeśvara)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stepped banks of Brahmakūṇḍa at dawn; one performs snāna, another offers piṇḍa and tarpaṇa; afterward they approach the Brahmeśvara liṅga with lamps and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmeśvara (Brahmeśa)
• Brahmakūṇḍa
• Amāvāsyā
• Caturdaśī
• Śrāddha
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through tīrtha-bathing and honoring ancestors is completed by devotion to Śiva through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place associated with Brahmakūṇḍa and the worship-site of Brahmeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the site on caturdaśī and amāvāsyā, performance of śrāddha, and subsequent pūjā of Brahmeśa.