Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

मुण्डनं चोपवासश्च सर्वतीर्थेष्वयं विधिः

Transliteration

muṇḍanaṃ copavāsaśca sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ

Translation

ການໂກນຜົມ (ມຸນຑນ) ແລະການອົບວາສ (ອົດອາຫານ) — ນີ້ແມ່ນຂໍ້ປະຕິບັດທີ່ກຳນົດໄວ້ ໃນທີ່ທີຣຖະທັງປວງ.

Word by Word

• मुण्डनम्: tonsure; shaving
• मुण्डनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• उपवासः: fasting
• उपवासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; ‘in all tīrthas’

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘this’

• विधिः: rule; injunction
• विधिः: Kriya-samartha/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied continuing addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a tīrtha ghat: some with freshly tonsured heads, others observing a simple fast, sitting in meditation with water pots and prayer beads; atmosphere of austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas (holy fords/pilgrimage sites)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not tourism; it is disciplined self-restraint—fasting and humility accompany sacred travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While spoken in Prabhāsa context, it generalizes the rule to all tīrthas, reinforcing Prabhāsa’s alignment with pan-Indian tīrtha-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Muṇḍana (tonsure) and upavāsa (fasting) as standard tīrtha procedure.