Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

युगादिमन्वादिदिने गृहे कार्यो महोत्सवः । तीर्थे वा गमनं कार्यं गृहाच्छतगुणं यतः

Transliteration

yugādimanvādidine gṛhe kāryo mahotsavaḥ | tīrthe vā gamanaṃ kāryaṃ gṛhācchataguṇaṃ yataḥ

Translation

Aux jours de Yugādi et de Manvādi, qu’on célèbre chez soi une grande fête, ou qu’on se rende à un tīrtha ; car le mérite acquis au gué sacré est cent fois supérieur à celui obtenu à la maison.

Word by Word

• युगादिमन्वादिदिने: on the yugādi/manvādi day
• युगादिमन्वादिदिने: Adhikarana (time: on yugādi/manvādi day)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगादि (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्वादि (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (युगादि-मन्वादि-दिन); सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative, Singular; day-occasion)

• गृहे: at home
• गृहे: Adhikarana (place: at home)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• कार्यः: to be done; should be performed
• कार्यः: Predicate (vidheya)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); विधेय-विशेषण

• महोत्सवः: a great festival
• महोत्सवः: Karta (Subject: the festival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महान् उत्सवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• तीर्थे: at a sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (place: at a tīrtha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (alternative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• गमनम्: going; journey
• गमनम्: Karta (Subject: going)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गमन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाववाचक-घञ्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Predicate (vidheya)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular); विधेय

• गृहात्: from (one’s) home
• गृहात्: Apadana (source: from home)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• शतगुणम्: hundredfold
• शतगुणम्: Visheshana (qualifier of फलम् implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शतं गुणाः यस्य/शतगुणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/निपातवत्; हेत्वर्थे अव्यय (causal: 'because/for')

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (and tīrthas generally)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household prepares a mahotsava with lamps and offerings while another group sets out on pilgrimage with flags and water pots; a caption-like motif shows ‘100x’ as symbolic radiance emanating from the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places amplify spiritual effort; on cosmically significant days, pilgrimage to a tīrtha yields vastly greater merit than ordinary domestic observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse promotes tīrtha-going in general while situated in the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, implicitly extolling Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa as a prime destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Celebrate a mahotsava at home on Yugādi/Manvādi, or undertake tīrtha-yātrā on those days for multiplied merit.