Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

प्रभासे च कुरुक्षेत्रे यत्फलं वत्सरैः शतैः । वसतां निमिषार्द्धेन ह्ययोध्यायां च तद्भवेत्

Transliteration

prabhāse ca kurukṣetre yatphalaṃ vatsaraiḥ śataiḥ | vasatāṃ nimiṣārddhena hyayodhyāyāṃ ca tadbhavet

Translation

ပရဘာသနှင့် ကုရုက္ခေတ္တ၌ နှစ်တစ်ရာကြာ နေထိုင်လျှင် ရမည့် ကုသိုလ်အကျိုးကို အယောဓျာ၌ နိမိတ်တစ်ဝက်မျှသာ နေထိုင်ခြင်းဖြင့်ပင် ထိုအကျိုးတူ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသည်။

Word by Word

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तीर्थनाम

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

• कुरुक्षेत्रे: at Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुरूणां क्षेत्रम्)

• यत्: which (result)
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वत्सरैः: by years
• वत्सरैः: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शतैः: by hundreds
• शतैः: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वसताम्: of those who dwell
• वसताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) + वसत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'of those dwelling'

• निमिषार्द्धेन: by half a moment
• निमिषार्द्धेन: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमिष + अर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निमिषस्य अर्द्धम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: 'indeed/for')

• अयोध्यायाम्: in Ayodhyā
• अयोध्यायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unknown (within Dvārakā Māhātmya narration; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three sacred landscapes appear like panels: Prabhāsa’s sea-shore, Kurukṣetra’s vast plain, and Ayodhyā’s Sarayū-lit ghāṭas; a pilgrim steps into Ayodhyā and the other two scenes fade, symbolizing a century’s merit collapsing into a blink.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Kurukṣetra
• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places differ in manifested spiritual potency; Ayodhyā is praised as granting swift merit through mere association.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is glorified, with Prabhāsa and Kurukṣetra cited for comparison.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the emphasis is on residence/association (vāsa) as a source of puṇya.