Shloka 24 - Adhyaya 25 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

नारंगं तत्र दत्त्वा तु शेषं पूर्ववदाचरेत् । एवं कृते द्वितीये तु गोलक्षफलमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

nāraṃgaṃ tatra dattvā tu śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret | evaṃ kṛte dvitīye tu golakṣaphalamāpnuyāt

Translation

तेथे नारंग (संत्रे) अर्पण करून उरलेले आचार पूर्ववत् करावे. असे दुसऱ्या (सोमवारच्या) व्रतात केल्यास गो-लक्ष दानासमान फल प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

नारङ्गम्an orange/citron fruit

तत्रthere

दत्त्वाhaving given

तुthen

शेषम्the remainder

पूर्ववत्as before

आचरेत्should perform/practise

एवम्thus

कृतेwhen done

द्वितीयेon the second (day)

तुthen/indeed

गोलक्षफलम्the fruit/result called ‘golakṣa’

आप्नुयात्would obtain

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Second Monday observance at Prabhāsa: the devotee offers an orange at the Śiva shrine and repeats the earlier ritual sequence; a symbolic vision of countless cows appears as merit imagery.

Characters & Entities

Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple offerings, when performed with fidelity to prescribed dharma at a sacred kṣetra, yield vast merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer an orange and continue the remaining observances as previously taught; the second observance yields ‘go-lakṣa’ merit.