Shloka 197 - Adhyaya 17 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 197

Devanagari script

रक्ष्यते यागिनीभिश्च प्रियैश्च न वियुज्यते । उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा शृणुयाद्ब्राह्मणः सदा । सर्वान्कामांश्च लभते नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

rakṣyate yāginībhiśca priyaiśca na viyujyate | upaspṛśya śucirbhūtvā śṛṇuyādbrāhmaṇaḥ sadā | sarvānkāmāṃśca labhate nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

彼はヤーギニーたちに守護され、愛するものと離別しない。浄水を口に含んで清め（アーチャマナ）清浄となったなら、ブラーフマナは常に聴聞すべきである。すべての願いを得る—ここに疑いを差し挟む余地はない。

Word by Word

रक्ष्यतेis protected

यागिनीभिःby the yāginīs (sacrificial/ritual deities)

चand

प्रियैःby loved ones/dear (persons)

चand

नnot

वियुज्यतेis separated

उपस्पृश्यhaving touched (water) / after sipping

शुचिःpure

भूत्वाhaving become

शृणुयात्should listen

ब्राह्मणःa brāhmaṇa

सदाalways

सर्वान्all

कामान्desires

चand

लभतेobtains

नno/not

अत्रhere/in this matter

कार्याto be done/necessary

विचारणाdeliberation

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Brāhmaṇa performs ācamana beside a tīrtha, then listens to recitation as subtle Yoginī figures stand as protective guardians; the atmosphere is pure and focused, promising fulfillment of desires.

Characters & Entities

Yāginīs

Brāhmaṇa

Ācamana (upaspṛśya)

Prabhāsakṣetra

Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and attentive listening to sacred māhātmya invite protection and the fulfillment of rightful aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala within Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya is presented as powerfully fruit-giving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upaspṛśya (ācamana—sipping water for purity) and then śravaṇa (listening) to the māhātmya, especially for a Brāhmaṇa.