Shloka 13 - Adhyaya 110 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

य एवं कुरुते देवि सम्यग्यात्रामहोत्सवम् । स मुक्तः पातकैः सर्वैः सर्वकामैः समृद्ध्यते । वृषस्तत्रैव दातव्यः सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

ya evaṃ kurute devi samyagyātrāmahotsavam | sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvakāmaiḥ samṛddhyate | vṛṣastatraiva dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

女神よ、このように正しいヤートラーの大祭をしかと行う者は、あらゆる罪より解き放たれ、すべての願いに満ち足りる。成就したヤートラーの果を求める者は、その場で牡牛（ヴリシャ）を布施すべきである。

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

एवम्thus/in this manner

कुरुतेdoes/performs

देविO देवी

सम्यक्properly

यात्रामहोत्सवम्the great festival of the pilgrimage

सःhe

मुक्तःfreed

पातकैःfrom sins

सर्वैःall

सर्वकामैःwith all desired objects

समृद्ध्यतेprospers/is enriched

वृषःa bull

तत्रthere

एवindeed/only

दातव्यःshould be given

सम्यक्properly

यात्राफलेप्सुभिःby those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāseśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a devotee completes worship and then ceremonially gifts a decorated bull—garlanded, with cloth and bells—to a brāhmaṇa/priest near the temple courtyard; the sea breeze and temple flags frame the act.

Characters & Entities

Devī

Yātrā

Dāna

Vṛṣa (bull)

Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Prabhāseśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed pilgrimage combines devotion, discipline, and charity—purifying sin and bringing dharmic prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, centered on Prabhāseśvara worship and pilgrimage observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the proper pilgrimage festival and offer vṛṣa-dāna (gift of a bull) at the site to secure the full fruit.