Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यात्रागतानां देवेशि पुरुषाणां जितात्मनाम् । मुखद्वारे तु किं पुण्यं स्नानदाने च शंकर

Transliteration

yātrāgatānāṃ deveśi puruṣāṇāṃ jitātmanām | mukhadvāre tu kiṃ puṇyaṃ snānadāne ca śaṃkara

Translation

ഹേ ദേവേശാ! തീർത്ഥയാത്രയ്ക്ക് വന്ന ജിതാത്മാക്കളായ പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് മുഖദ്വാരത്തിൽ എന്ത് പുണ്യമുണ്ട്? കൂടാതെ ഹേ ശങ്കരാ, സ്നാനത്തിലും ദാനത്തിലും എന്ത് ഫലമാണ്?

Word by Word

• yātrāgatānām: of those who have come on pilgrimage
• yātrāgatānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yātrā-gata (प्रातिपदिक; यात्रा + गत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• deveśi: O Lady of the gods (Deveśī)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-īśī (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईशी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• puruṣāṇām: of men
• puruṣāṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन

• jitātmanām: of self-controlled (men)
• jitātmanām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita-ātman (प्रातिपदिक; जित + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• mukhadvāre: at the entrance gate
• mukhadvāre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha-dvāra (प्रातिपदिक; मुख + द्वार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle: but/indeed)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc); एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc); एकवचन

• snānadāne: in bathing and giving (charity)
• snānadāne: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna-dāna (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• śaṃkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mukhadvāra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Īśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim, hands folded, questions Śaṅkara about the merit of Mukhadvāra and the fruits of bathing and gifting; coastal gateway imagery with banners, conch sounds, and a distant sea-line.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Śaṅkara)
• Mukhadvāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually potent when joined with self-restraint, sacred bathing, and charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mukhadvāra, presented as a significant spot within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charitable giving) are highlighted as key pilgrimage practices whose merits are to be explained.