Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

प्रथमे प्रथमे यामे महास्ना नमतः परम् । मध्याह्ने देवदेवस्य ये प्रपश्यन्ति मानवाः । संध्यामारार्तिकं भूयो न जायन्ते च मानुषाः

Transliteration

prathame prathame yāme mahāsnā namataḥ param | madhyāhne devadevasya ye prapaśyanti mānavāḥ | saṃdhyāmārārtikaṃ bhūyo na jāyante ca mānuṣāḥ

Translation

В каждую первую стражу те, кто совершает великое омовение (махā-снāна) и с благоговением склоняется; те, кто в полдень созерцает Бога богов; и вновь видит вечернюю арати (ārati), — больше не рождаются людьми.

Word by Word

• prathame: in the first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying yāme)

• prathame: in the very first
• prathame: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्ति-बल (repetition for emphasis)

• yāme: watch/period (of the day)
• yāme: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• mahāsnā: the great bath (mahā-snāna)
• mahāsnā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (उपसर्गार्थ/प्रातिपदिक) + snā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (mahā snānam)

• namataḥ: of (the person) bowing
• namataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present Active Participle), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः/नपुंसकलिङ्गः; 'of one who bows'

• param: supreme
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (as 'supreme')

• madhyāhne: at midday
• madhyāhne: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyāhna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• devadevasya: of the God of gods
• devadevasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ devaḥ)

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• prapaśyanti: behold / see
• prapaśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्

• mānavāḥ: people / humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्

• saṃdhyā-māra-ārtikam: the evening ārati (as read)
• saṃdhyā-māra-ārtikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + māra (प्रातिपदिक) + ārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (saṃdhyāyāṃ ... ārtikam) — पाठे 'mārārtika' अस्पष्टः (संभवतः 'mahā-ārtika'/'mārga-ārtika'); कर्मपदम्

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययम् (again)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation)

• jāyante: are born
• jāyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (and)

• mānuṣāḥ: humans (as mortals)
• mānuṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context)

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva (Śiva/Someśvara)
• Mahāsnāna
• Ārati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, time-marked temple worship (snāna, namaskāra, darśana, ārati) is portrayed as a direct path toward liberation from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s worship of Devadeva/Someśvara (Somanātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participating in the great bath (mahāsnāna), bowing (namaskāra), midday darśana, and evening ārati.