Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रासादे भार्यया सार्द्धं निवस न्सुचिरं स्थितः । ततस्तौ दंपती नित्यं प्रदक्षिणं प्रचक्रतुः

Transliteration

prāsāde bhāryayā sārddhaṃ nivasa nsuciraṃ sthitaḥ | tatastau daṃpatī nityaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ pracakratuḥ

Translation

ਉਸ ਪ੍ਰਾਸਾਦ-ਮੰਦਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਰਿਆ ਸਮੇਤ ਬਹੁਤ ਚਿਰ ਤੱਕ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਰਿਹਾ। ਫਿਰ ਉਹ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਦੰਪਤੀ ਨਿੱਤ ਪ੍ਰਦਕਸ਼ਿਣਾ ਕਰਨ ਲੱਗ ਪਏ।

Word by Word

• prāsāde: in a palace
• prāsāde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• bhāryayā: with (his) wife
• bhāryayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सहकारक (instrumental of accompaniment)

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with/together)

• nivasān: dwelling
• nivasān: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-vas (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• suciram: for a long time
• suciram: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: su-cira (प्रातिपदिक; सु + चिर)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative: 'for a long time')

• sthitaḥ: stayed/remained
• sthitaḥ: Karta (Agent as described/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (thereupon)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्ता

• daṃpatī: the couple (husband and wife)
• daṃpatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃpatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्ता (युगलवाचक)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-visheshana (Frequency adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (प्रदक्षिणा-क्रिया)

• pracakratuḥ: performed/did
• pracakratuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual, continuing narrative of Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha precinct)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A parrot and its mate living in the lofty temple-palace; at dawn they circle the sanctum repeatedly, wings half-open, tracing a devotional orbit around the sacred center.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, devoted practice—especially daily pradakṣiṇā around a sacred deity—steadily builds merit and spiritual refinement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the context of Vaiśvānareśvara (the fire-associated Lord) praised in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) as a sustained act of worship.