Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यात्रायाः फलमाप्नोति स्वर्गलोके महीयते । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

yātrāyāḥ phalamāpnoti svargaloke mahīyate | etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

Translation

Il obtient le fruit du pèlerinage et est honoré dans le monde céleste. Après avoir prononcé ces paroles, il disparut sur-le-champ.

Word by Word

• यात्रायाः: of the pilgrimage
• यात्रायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन = Feminine Gen singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter Acc singular

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = attains

• स्वर्गलोके: in heaven-world
• स्वर्गलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य लोकः) = Locative singular

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः = is honored/glorified

• एतावत्-उक्त्वा: having said this much
• एतावत्-उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: etāvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + uktvā (कृदन्त, √वच्, त्वान्त)
• Form: त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) = having said this much

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter Acc singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) = emphatic particle

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु) with अन्तर् + धीय (passive stem)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि = disappeared/was hidden

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; the ‘he disappeared’ refers to a divine/authoritative instructor within the episode (unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine speaker concludes the promise of pilgrimage-fruit and vanishes on the spot, leaving the devotee in awe within the luminous sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Pilgrimage (yātrā)
• Svarga (heaven)
• Someśvara (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken in accord with dharma yields merit that uplifts one’s destiny and honor beyond this life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose yātrā is praised as granting heavenly honor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new material is prescribed here; it seals the preceding pūjā-guidelines by promising the yātrā-phala and describing the speaker’s disappearance.