Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

एकेनास्य भवेदर्थो द्वाभ्यामारोग्यमश्नुते । त्रिभिस्तु सर्वविद्यावांश्चतुर्भिर्भोगवान्भवेत्

Transliteration

ekenāsya bhavedartho dvābhyāmārogyamaśnute | tribhistu sarvavidyāvāṃścaturbhirbhogavānbhavet

Translation

Par un (maṇḍala/observance), il obtient la prospérité ; par deux, il atteint la santé. Par trois, il devient savant en toutes les disciplines ; par quatre, il est comblé de jouissances et de conforts.

Word by Word

• ekena: with one (item)
• ekena: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (instrumental); संख्यावाचक

• asya: for him/of him
• asya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम्

• bhavet: would be; arises
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• arthaḥ: wealth/benefit
• arthaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• dvābhyām: with two
• dvābhyām: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन-प्रयोगः; तृतीया द्विवचनम् (instrumental dual)

• ārogyam: health
• ārogyam: Karma (Object attained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• aśnute: attains/enjoys
• aśnute: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aś (अश्)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• tribhiḥ: with three
• tribhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया बहुवचनम् (instrumental plural)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• sarvavidyāvān: possessing all knowledge
• sarvavidyāvān: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (sarvāḥ vidyāḥ yasya) + वत्-प्रत्यय

• caturbhiḥ: with four
• caturbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया बहुवचनम् (instrumental plural)

• bhogavān: enjoying prosperity/pleasures
• bhogavān: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified in the provided excerpt.

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa completes successive maṇḍala-observances, offering worship at a coastal shrine; the deity’s grace manifests as prosperity, health, learning, and comforts in symbolic vignettes.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• maṇḍala (implied continuation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is described as cumulative: repeated sacred acts deepen and broaden the fruits—from prosperity to health, knowledge, and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Sūrya-worship instructions of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the act repeatedly (counted as one, two, three, four—contextually the maṇḍala-making/worship sequence) to gain graded results.