Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 195

Devanagari script

यो याति चंडिकां द्रष्टुमबुर्दं प्रति पार्थिव । नृत्यंति पितरस्तस्य गर्जंति च पितामहाः

Transliteration

yo yāti caṃḍikāṃ draṣṭumaburdaṃ prati pārthiva | nṛtyaṃti pitarastasya garjaṃti ca pitāmahāḥ

Translation

அரசே, அர்புதத்திற்கு சென்று சண்டிகையை தரிசிப்பவன்—அவனுடைய பித்ருக்கள் மகிழ்ந்து நடனமாடுவர்; பிதாமகர்கள் வெற்றிகரமாக முழங்குவர்.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Relative pronoun ‘who’

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘goes’

• चण्डिकाम्: Caṇḍikā
• चण्डिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), ‘to see’

• अबुर्दम्: Arbuda (mountain/region)
• अबुर्दम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबुर्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana (Direction/दिशा-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय/पूर्वपद (preposition), ‘towards’

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• नृत्यन्ति: dance
• नृत्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘they dance’

• पितरः: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Genitive singular ‘of him’

• गर्जन्ति: roar
• गर्जन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् — ‘they roar’

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

• पितामहाः: grandfathers/forefathers
• पितामहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍikā at Arbuda

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king approaches the Caṇḍikā shrine on Mount Arbuda; in a subtle celestial layer, ancestors dance and roar in joy.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā
• Arbuda
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Pitāmahas (forefathers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a powerful Devī-sthāna uplifts not only the devotee but also brings joy and support to one’s ancestral lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda (Arbudaparvata/Mount Abu region) and the दर्शन of Caṇḍikā there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it emphasizes the merit of going to see (darśana) Caṇḍikā at Arbuda.