Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तत्रानशनं कुर्याद्व्रतं चान्द्रायणादिकम् । सोऽन्य तीर्थात्कोटिगुणं प्राप्नुयात्फलमीप्सितम्

Transliteration

yastatrānaśanaṃ kuryādvrataṃ cāndrāyaṇādikam | so'nya tīrthātkoṭiguṇaṃ prāpnuyātphalamīpsitam

Translation

Sesiapa yang di sana melakukan puasa (anāśana) dan menunaikan nazar/vrata seperti Cāndrāyaṇa dan seumpamanya, akan memperoleh ganjaran yang dihajati—berjuta kali ganda dibandingkan tirtha (tempat ziarah suci) yang lain.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb): ‘there’

• anaśanam: fasting (abstention from food)
• anaśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anaśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kuryāt: should perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु ‘to do’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• vratam: a vow/observance
• vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction): ‘and’

• āndrāyaṇa-ādikam: such as the Cāndrāyaṇa (vow) etc.
• āndrāyaṇa-ādikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āndrāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: ‘चान्द्रायणं आदिः यस्य तत्’ (beginning with Cāndrāyaṇa, etc.), ‘vratam’ इति विशेषणम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anya: from another
• anya: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; ‘tīrthāt’ इति सह—‘from another (tīrtha)’

• tīrthāt: from a sacred place
• tīrthāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• koṭi-guṇam: crore-fold
• koṭi-guṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘कोट्या गुणः’ = ‘a crore-fold’; ‘phalam’ इति विशेषणम्

• prāpnuyāt: would obtain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु ‘to obtain’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• īpsitam: desired
• īpsitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īpsita (कृदन्त, √īps/√āp? ‘to desire/seek’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) अर्थे ‘desired’; ‘phalam’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (specific shrine vicinity implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performing anāśana (fasting) sits in meditation near a Prabhāsa shrine, moon phases subtly depicted overhead to allude to Cāndrāyaṇa; a radiant aura suggests ‘koṭiguṇa’ merit amplification.

Characters & Entities

• Cāndrāyaṇa-vrata
• Vrata
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Mokṣasvāmi/Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place magnifies the potency of discipline; vrata performed in a praised kṣetra yields extraordinary merit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The pilgrimage setting “there” refers to the Mokṣasvāmi context within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fasting (anaśana) and undertaking vows such as Cāndrāyaṇa.