Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

अयं स लुब्धको येन हरः संपूजितः पुरा । सुराष्ट्रदेशे विख्यातं तीर्थं वस्त्रापथं शृणु

Transliteration

ayaṃ sa lubdhako yena haraḥ saṃpūjitaḥ purā | surāṣṭradeśe vikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ vastrāpathaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

ഇവൻ തന്നെയാണ് ആ ലുബ്ധകൻ (വേട്ടക്കാരൻ); പൂർവ്വം ഇവനാൽ ഹരൻ (ശിവൻ) സമ്യക്‌മായി സമ്പൂജിതനായിരുന്നു. ഇനി സുരാഷ്ട്രദേശത്തിൽ പ്രശസ്തമായ ‘വസ്ത്രാപഥ’ തീർത്ഥം കേൾക്കുക।

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सः: that (same)
• सः: Apposition (Anvaya/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लुब्धकः: hunter
• लुब्धकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• येन: by whom/through whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संपूजितः: was duly worshipped
• संपूजितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (was worshipped)

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• सुराष्ट्रदेशे: in the land of Saurāṣṭra
• सुराष्ट्रदेशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराष्ट्र + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराष्ट्रस्य देशः)

• विख्यातम्: famous
• विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्ध’ अर्थे

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वस्त्रापथम्: Vastrāpatha (name of the tīrtha)
• वस्त्रापथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वस्त्राणां पथः/वस्त्रापथ-नाम)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Citragupta (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rugged hunter, bow at his side, offers worship to Hara with simple materials; the landscape opens into the famed Vastrāpatha ford of Saurashtra.

Characters & Entities

• Lubdhaka (hunter)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Surāṣṭra
• Vastrāpatha Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a person of humble vocation, like a hunter, attains sacred merit by sincere worship of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha Tīrtha, celebrated in the Surāṣṭra region, within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā (devotional worship of Hara) is highlighted as the meritorious act.