Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सर्वं विस्तरतो ब्रूहि तीर्थयात्रापरायण । तस्माद्वद मुनिश्रेष्ठ येन यात्रां करोम्यहम्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi tīrthayātrāparāyaṇa | tasmādvada muniśreṣṭha yena yātrāṃ karomyaham

Translation

ಓ ತೀರ್ಥಯಾತ್ರಾಪರಾಯಣ, ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ವಿವರವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿರಿ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಓ ಮುನಿಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ, ನಾನು ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕ ಯಾತ್ರೆ ಮಾಡುವಂತೆ ಉಪದೇಶಿಸಿರಿ.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything, all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वम् = ‘all/everything’ (as object here)

• विस्तरतः: in detail, elaborately
• विस्तरतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ब्रूहि: tell, speak
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थयात्रापरायण: O one devoted to pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रापरायण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-यात्रा-परायण (प्रातिपदिक); तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; ‘O one devoted to pilgrimage to tīrthas’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थे/तस्मादर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• वद: say, tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O best sage
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक); मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; ‘O best of sages’

• येन: by which, whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; साधन/उपायवाचक ‘by which/whereby’

• यात्राम्: journey, pilgrimage
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• करोमि: I do, I undertake
• करोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Yayāti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis; inner frame: Pulastya addressed by Yayāti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yayāti presses for a full, detailed account so he can perform the Arbuda pilgrimage correctly; Pulastya is portrayed as a master of tīrtha lore.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha-yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right practice begins with right instruction—seeking detailed guidance aligns pilgrimage with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda’s tīrtha-network is being requested for systematic pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription: undertake pilgrimage only after learning the proper procedure and sequence.