Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

किं ग्राह्यं किं च मोक्तव्यं किं देयं किं न दीयते । तीर्थोपवासः स्नानं च संध्यास्नानविधिक्रमः । पूजा निद्रा जपो रात्रौ सर्वं संक्षेपतो वद

Transliteration

kiṃ grāhyaṃ kiṃ ca moktavyaṃ kiṃ deyaṃ kiṃ na dīyate | tīrthopavāsaḥ snānaṃ ca saṃdhyāsnānavidhikramaḥ | pūjā nidrā japo rātrau sarvaṃ saṃkṣepato vada

Translation

Que faut-il accepter et que faut-il abandonner ? Que faut-il donner et que ne faut-il pas donner ? Dis-moi brièvement tout : le jeûne au tīrtha, le bain, l’ordre prescrit du bain de sandhyā, le culte, le sommeil et le japa de la nuit.

Word by Word

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• grāhyaṃ: should be accepted
• grāhyaṃ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ग्राह्यम्’ = to be accepted

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• moktavyaṃ: should be abandoned/released
• moktavyaṃ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘मोक्तव्यम्’ = to be released/abandoned

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• deyaṃ: should be given
• deyaṃ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘देयम्’ = to be given

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• dīyate: is given
• dīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• tīrtha-upavāsaḥ: fasting at a sacred place
• tīrtha-upavāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तीर्थे उपवासः)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃdhyā-snāna-vidhi-kramaḥ: the procedure/order of the rules for twilight-bathing
• saṃdhyā-snāna-vidhi-kramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (संध्यायाः स्नानस्य विधेः क्रमः)

• pūjā: worship
• pūjā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• nidrā: sleep
• nidrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• japaḥ: recitation (japa)
• japaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• sarvam: all (of this)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (adverbial ablative), ‘संक्षेपतः’ = briefly

• vada: tell, speak
• vada: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhoja (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied); within episode: a king addresses Sārasvata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king respectfully questions a sage about the concise rule-set of pilgrimage: what to take/leave, what to give, and the sequence of snāna–sandhyā–pūjā–japa, with a tīrtha backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Bhoja
• tīrtha (Vastrāpatha implied)
• sandhyā
• japa
• pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā becomes transformative when governed by discipline—ethical restraint, right giving, purity practices, and steady devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The procedural inquiry is situated in the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse enumerates core prescriptions to be explained: tīrtha-upavāsa, snāna, sandhyā-snāna sequence, pūjā, regulated sleep, and nightly japa, along with guidance on dāna and restraint.