Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

शुचिभिक्षान्नकौपीनकमण्डल्वादिसत्कृताः । अनन्यकार्य्याः सततमिहागत्य तपस्विनः

Transliteration

śucibhikṣānnakaupīnakamaṇḍalvādisatkṛtāḥ | ananyakāryyāḥ satatamihāgatya tapasvinaḥ

Translation

Dihormati dengan sedekah yang suci, dengan kaupīna (kain cawat), kamaṇḍalu (bekas air), dan keperluan lain, para pertapa—tanpa urusan lain—sentiasa datang ke sini dan hidup tekun dalam tapas.

Word by Word

• शुचि: pure
• शुचि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (समासपूर्वपद) विशेषणम्

• भिक्षा: alms
• भिक्षा: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे (समासपूर्वपद)

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (समासपूर्वपद)

• कौपीन: loincloth
• कौपीन: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौपीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (समासपूर्वपद)

• कमण्डलु: water-pot
• कमण्डलु: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (समासपूर्वपद)

• आदि: and so on
• आदि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (etc.-sense) समासे ‘and the like’

• सत्कृताः: honored, well-received
• सत्कृताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् + कृ (धातु); सत्-कृत (समास/कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः—क्त; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (तपस्विनः)

• अनन्यकार्य्याः: having no other business (single-minded)
• अनन्यकार्य्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्य + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक); अनन्य-कार्य (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• सततम्: always
• सततम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• तपस्विनः: ascetics
• तपस्विनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (Trilocana), replying to Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ascetics in loincloths with water-pots receive pure alms and necessities; they remain in the sacred place with single-minded austerity, free from worldly errands.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• tapasvin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place thrives through tapas and through respectful support of ascetics who dedicate themselves wholly to spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), celebrated as a place continually approached by tapasvins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā and dāna to ascetics—providing pure alms and essential ascetic items like the kamaṇḍalu and kaupīna.