Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एकदा फाल्गुने मासि शुक्लपक्षे वरानने । चतुर्द्दश्यां तु संप्राप्तः प्रभासक्षेत्रमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

ekadā phālgune māsi śuklapakṣe varānane | caturddaśyāṃ tu saṃprāptaḥ prabhāsakṣetramuttamam

Translation

Pada suatu ketika, pada bulan Phālguna di paruh terang, tepat pada tithi keempat belas, ia tiba di kṣetra suci Prabhāsa yang utama.

Word by Word

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Avyaya (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• फाल्गुने: in (the month of) Phālguna
• फाल्गुने: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शुक्ल-पक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्ल-पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वर-आनने: O fair-faced one
• वर-आनने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, then
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (emphasis/contrast particle)

• संप्राप्तः: having arrived
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject, as PPP used predicatively)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभास-क्षेत्रम्: the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभास-क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone pilgrim arrives at the luminous coastal sacred field of Prabhāsa on Phālguna śukla caturdaśī; the horizon glows, flags and temple silhouettes appear in the distance, and the sense is of auspicious entry into a famed kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) joined with sacred place magnifies the fruit of pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, renowned in this māhātmya and associated with Someśvara/Somanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse indicates an auspicious timing: Phālguna bright fortnight, caturdaśī, for arriving at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.