Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

यदि गच्छेन्नरः कश्चित्प्रभासं क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् । तमुपायं प्रकुर्वीत निर्गच्छेन्न पुनर्यथा

Transliteration

yadi gacchennaraḥ kaścitprabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam | tamupāyaṃ prakurvīta nirgacchenna punaryathā

Translation

မည်သူမဆို ပရဘာသဟူသော အထွတ်အမြတ် သာသနာကွင်းသို့ သွားလျှင်၊ ထိုသူသည် ထပ်မံမထွက်ခွာရအောင် (သံသရာသို့ မပြန်ရအောင်) ထိုနည်းလမ်းကို ကျင့်သုံးသင့်သည်။

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• कश्चित्: someone, any
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• प्रभासम्: to Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• क्षेत्रम्: holy field, sacred place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• उपायम्: means, method
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform, should undertake
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• निर्गच्छेत्: should depart, should go out
• निर्गच्छेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: as, in such a way)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the luminous coastal kṣetra of Prabhāsa with folded hands, resolving to undertake a liberating discipline; the sea, temple spires, and sacred lamps suggest ‘upāya’ leading beyond rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Saṃsāra
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A visit to a great tīrtha should be paired with a liberating discipline aimed at ending repeated return to worldly existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general injunction to adopt an upāya (sādhana); the specific practice is implied by nearby verses (dhyāna, Śatarudrīya-japa, restraint).