Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पंचामृतेन यस्तत्र तर्पणं कुरु ते नरः । सोऽपि देवस्य सांनिध्यं शिवलोकमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

paṃcāmṛtena yastatra tarpaṇaṃ kuru te naraḥ | so'pi devasya sāṃnidhyaṃ śivalokamavāpnuyāt

Translation

അവിടെ പഞ്ചാമൃതംകൊണ്ട് ആരെങ്കിലും തർപ്പണം ചെയ്താൽ, അവനും ദേവസാന്നിധ്യം പ്രാപിച്ച് ശിവലോകം എത്തുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (fivefold nectar)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—‘पञ्चानाम् अमृतानां समाहारः’ (five nectars)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• तर्पणम्: libation/oblation (tarpaṇa)
• तर्पणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √कृ = to do/perform

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘शिवस्य लोकः’

• अवाप्नुयात्: would attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √आप् = to obtain; उपसर्गः ‘अव’

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the tīrtha, a devotee pours pañcāmṛta in libation from a conch or vessel into flowing water or before a liṅga, with white streams of milk/curd and golden ghee/honey glinting; a subtle vision of Śiva’s presence is suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāmṛta
• Tarpaṇa
• Śivaloka
• Acaleśvara (context)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts performed at a powerful Śiva tīrtha can culminate in divine proximity and liberation-oriented destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Acaleśvara tīrtha of the Arbuda-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tarpaṇa using pañcāmṛta at the site.