Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र शुक्लतृतीयायां चैत्रे मासि विधानतः । यात्रां कुर्याच्च मतिमान्सर्वकाममवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tatra śuklatṛtīyāyāṃ caitre māsi vidhānataḥ | yātrāṃ kuryācca matimānsarvakāmamavāpnuyāt

Translation

ਉੱਥੇ ਚੈਤਰ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਕਲ ਤ੍ਰਿਤੀਆ ਨੂੰ, ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਬੁੱਧਿਮਾਨ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਕਰੇ; ਇਸ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਸਭ ਇੱਛਤ ਕਾਮਨਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place)

• शुक्ल-तृतीयायाम्: on the bright-third (tithi)
• शुक्ल-तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; शुक्लपक्षस्य तृतीया (locative: on the bright fortnight’s third lunar day)

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (in the month of Caitra)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed rule
• विधानतः: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/हेतु-प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘according to rule/ordinance’

• यात्राम्: a pilgrimage/journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; ‘he should do’

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

• मतिमान्: wise, intelligent
• मतिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मतिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘जनः/पुरुषः’)

• सर्व-कामम्: all desired objects / every wish
• सर्व-कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘all desires’ as a collective object

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Result action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakanandā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A springtime (Caitra) pilgrimage procession approaches Kanakanandā on śukla tṛtīyā; blossoming trees, bright moon phase symbolism, devotees carrying offerings and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Caitra
• Śukla-tṛtīyā
• Kanakanandā
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing (tithi) and right method (vidhi) sanctify travel into a merit-yielding yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakanandā’s sacred site in Prabhāsakṣetra, to be visited on a specified auspicious tithi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the yātrā on Caitra month’s bright-third (śukla-tṛtīyā) and follow prescribed procedure (vidhānataḥ).