Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां वैशाखे तु विशेषतः । स्नानं कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन ब्राह्मणांस्तत्र भोजयेत्

Transliteration

śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ vaiśākhe tu viśeṣataḥ | snānaṃ kṛtvā prayatnena brāhmaṇāṃstatra bhojayet

Translation

Surtout le quatorzième jour de la quinzaine claire de Vaiśākha, après s’être baigné, qu’on s’applique à nourrir là des brahmanes.

Word by Word

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल-पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (शुक्लः पक्षः)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the fourteenth lunar day)

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मासवाचक (in Vaiśākha)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म (bathing as act)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; साधन (with effort)

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

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

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued from 173.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vaiśākha śukla caturdaśī observance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at Prabhāsa waters, then host a Brahmin-feeding in a temple courtyard on Vaiśākha śukla caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha (month)
• Śukla pakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is completed by dharmic conduct—purification (snāna) and generosity (feeding the worthy).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Prabhāsa Kṣetra context where the four liṅgas are visited (“there” refers to that locale).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna followed by brāhmaṇa-bhojana, particularly on Vaiśākha śukla caturdaśī.