Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणं च यः कुर्यात्स्नात्वा कुण्डस्य नामतः । संख्यया पंचदश वै शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम्

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇaṃ ca yaḥ kuryātsnātvā kuṇḍasya nāmataḥ | saṃkhyayā paṃcadaśa vai śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam

Translation

Dan sesiapa yang, setelah mandi, melakukan pradakṣiṇā (mengelilingi dengan hormat) kuṇḍa ini sebanyak lima belas kali—dengarlah juga buah amalan itu.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• कुण्डस्य: of the pond
• कुण्डस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• नामतः: by name; as named
• नामतः: Hetu/Upadhi (Specification/उपाधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय; नामन्-आधारित)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘नाम’ इत्यस्य आधारात्

• संख्यया: by number; in count
• संख्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• पंचदश: fifteen
• पंचदश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + दश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन नपुंसक/पुं/स्त्री-सम्भव (अव्यक्त-लिङ्गानुसरण)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that; its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma/Phala (Result-object/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, wet from snāna, begins a clockwise circuit around the kuṇḍa; footprints on stone, prayer beads in hand; a subtle count-marking motif (15) appears as lotus-petals or lamps along the path.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa
• Snāna
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Brahmakuṇḍa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through embodied devotion—snāna followed by disciplined pradakṣiṇā—rather than mere sightseeing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa of Prabhāsakṣetra, in the Brahmakuṇḍa passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After bathing, perform fifteen clockwise circumambulations (pradakṣiṇā) of the kuṇḍa.