Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एवं पंचप्रभासान्यः पश्येद्भक्तया समन्वितः । स याति परमं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

evaṃ paṃcaprabhāsānyaḥ paśyedbhaktayā samanvitaḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

Ainsi, quiconque, animé de dévotion, contemple les cinq Prabhāsa, atteint la demeure suprême, exempte de vieillesse et de mort.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus; in this way
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• पञ्चप्रभासानि: the five Prabhāsas
• पञ्चप्रभासानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—पञ्च (संख्या) + प्रभासानि (द्विगु)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• पश्येत्: should see; would behold
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्वितः: endowed; accompanied
• समन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• याति: goes; attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्थानम्: abode; place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• जरामरणवर्जितम्: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा + मरण + वर्जित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—जरामरणाभ्यां वर्जितम् (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate context; later verses address Devī and speak of Śiva’s pleasure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-Prabhāsa (Five Prabhāsas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stylized map-like procession: pilgrims move from one radiant shrine to another, each marked by a halo of light (‘prabhāsa’), culminating in a luminous gateway symbolizing the ‘supreme abode’ beyond aging and death.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• pañca-prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional pilgrimage (bhakti with darśana) to the sacred Prabhāsa sites is presented as a direct means toward the deathless supreme state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the cluster called the “five Prabhāsas” (Prabhāsa-pañcaka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here beyond devoted darśana (beholding/visiting) of the five Prabhāsas.