Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा तु यमुना कुण्डे माधवे मासि मानवः । पूजयेद्भक्तिभावेन रविं गगनभूषणम्

Transliteration

snātvā tu yamunā kuṇḍe mādhave māsi mānavaḥ | pūjayedbhaktibhāvena raviṃ gaganabhūṣaṇam

Translation

മാധവ (വൈശാഖ) മാസത്തിൽ യമുനാ-കുണ്ഡത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, ഭക്തിഭാവത്തോടെ ആകാശഭൂഷണനായ രവിയെ (സൂര്യനെ) പൂജിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अन्वय/विरोधार्थक निपात

• यमुना: in/at the Yamunā
• यमुना: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular) (छन्दसि/प्रयोगे; ‘यमुनायाम्’ अर्थे)

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• माधवे: in (the month of) Mādhava (Caitra/Vaiśākha per tradition)
• माधवे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मानवः: a man, person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• भक्तिभावेन: with a feeling of devotion
• भक्तिभावेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भक्तेः भावः)

• रविम्: the Sun
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• गगनभूषणम्: the ornament of the sky
• गगनभूषणम्: Karma (Object-apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गगनस्य भूषणम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā-kuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a stepped kuṇḍa labeled Yamunā, water dripping, then turns toward the rising Sun to offer arghya; the sky is vast, the Sun depicted as ‘gagana-bhūṣaṇa’.

Characters & Entities

• Yamunā-kuṇḍa
• Sūrya (Ravi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā (sacred bathing) becomes complete when sealed by bhakti-filled worship of the deity, here Sūrya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yamunā-kuṇḍa within Prabhāsakṣetra, as praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Yamunā-kuṇḍa during Mādhava month (Vaiśākha) and worship Ravi with devotion.