Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता । भैरवं चैव केदारं पुष्करं द्रुतिजंगमम्

Transliteration

ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā | bhairavaṃ caiva kedāraṃ puṣkaraṃ drutijaṃgamam

Translation

Là, nourrir ne fût-ce qu’un seul brāhmaṇa équivaut à en avoir nourri un crore. Là sont aussi présents Bhairava, Kedāra, Puṣkara et le tīrtha Drutijaṅgama, « celui qui se meut rapidement ».

Word by Word

• ekasmin: in/when one (is)
• ekasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• bhojite: when fed
• bhojite: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) + bhojita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular; ‘when (a brahmin) has been fed’

• vipre: in the case of a brahmin
• vipre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• koṭiḥ: a crore (ten million)
• koṭiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — present, 3rd sg

• bhojitā: fed (as if fed)
• bhojitā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) + bhojitā (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular; agrees with koṭiḥ

• bhairavam: Bhairava (tīrtha)
• bhairavam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular (name of a tīrtha)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक — ‘and’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक — ‘indeed/just’

• kedāram: Kedāra
• kedāram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kedāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular (name of a tīrtha)

• puṣkaram: Puṣkara
• puṣkaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular (name of a tīrtha)

• druti: swift
• druti: Upapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: druti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समासपूर्वपद — ‘speed/quickness’

• jaṅgamam: Druti-jaṅgama (tīrtha)
• jaṅgamam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (druti + jaṅgama) — accusative singular (name/epithet of a tīrtha)

Speaker

Śiva (in dialogue with Devī/Pārvatī, inferred from 'devi/mahādevi' in adjacent verses of the same passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha) with embedded tīrthas

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: one brāhmaṇa being fed at Prabhāsa while a celestial vision shows countless brāhmaṇas satisfied; nearby appear emblematic presences of Bhairava, Kedāra, Puṣkara, and Drutijaṅgama as personified tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Kedāra
• Puṣkara
• Drutijaṅgama
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a supremely sanctified kṣetra, even a small act of charity (feeding one brāhmaṇa) multiplies into vast puṇya due to the site's concentrated sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a confluence where renowned tīrthas like Bhairava, Kedāra, and Puṣkara are mystically present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding a brāhmaṇa (brāhmaṇa-bhojana), praised as yielding immense merit at Prabhāsa.