Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

इत्युच्चार्य नमस्कृत्वा स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि । उपवासं ततः कुर्यात्तस्मिन्नहनि सुव्रते

Transliteration

ityuccārya namaskṛtvā snānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi | upavāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāttasminnahani suvrate

Translation

Ainsi, après avoir récité ces paroles et s’être prosterné, qu’il se baigne selon la règle rituelle. Ensuite, en ce jour même, ô vertueux, qu’il observe le jeûne.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उच्चार्य: having recited/uttered
• उच्चार्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), क्रियाविशेषण (having uttered)

• नमस्कृत्वा: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), क्रियाविशेषण (having bowed)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथा: according as
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: as/according to)

• विधि: rule; prescribed procedure
• विधि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/Rule)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अव्ययीभावार्थे)

• उपवासम्: fasting
• उपवासम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानवाचक-अव्यय (then/from that)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (good + vow)

Speaker

Śiva (instructing Devī/Umā in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (snāna with upavāsa adjunct)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: suvrate (addressed virtuous listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the pilgrim stands dripping at the ghāṭa, offers full prostration (namaskāra), then sits in quiet restraint indicating a fast-day observance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Snāna
• Upavāsa
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through disciplined practice: mantra-recitation, reverent bowing, proper bathing, and fasting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s tīrtha setting, where the prescribed snāna and vrata are to be performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the mantra, bow, bathe as per rule, and observe upavāsa (fast) on the specified day.