Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

य एवं कुरुते यात्रां भक्त्या यश्चापि पश्यति । रथं वाऽकर्षयेद्यस्तु स गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणः पदम्

Transliteration

ya evaṃ kurute yātrāṃ bhaktyā yaścāpi paśyati | rathaṃ vā'karṣayedyastu sa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padam

Translation

ഭക്തിയോടെ ഇങ്ങനെ യാത്ര (രഥയാത്ര) ചെയ്യുന്നവനും, അതു ദർശിക്കുന്നവനും, രഥം വലിക്കുന്നവനും—അവൻ ബ്രഹ്മപദം (ബ്രഹ്മലോകം) പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun: who)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• kurute: does, performs
• kurute: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः √कृ

• yātrām: the procession/pilgrimage
• yātrām: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/motive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (who)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (also/even)

• paśyati: sees, witnesses
• paśyati: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः √दृश् (पश्यति)

• ratham: the chariot
• ratham: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Vikalpa (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (or)

• ākarṣayet: should pull, draws
• ākarṣayet: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः आ-; धातुः √कृष् (आकर्षति)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम (he)

• gacchet: would go/attain
• gacchet: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः √गम्

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• padam: the abode, state
• padam: Gati/Karman (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (rathayātrā within the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees of varied stations watch the chariot with folded hands; some pull the ropes; the deity shines atop the ratha; above, a subtle vision of Brahmaloka (golden, serene) suggests the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Ratha-yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple devotional participation—seeing or helping in a sacred festival—can bestow great spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Brahmā chariot festival is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the yātrā as instructed; participation includes darśana (seeing) and ratha-ākarṣaṇa (pulling the chariot).