Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

रूपं च लभते तादृग्यादृग्लब्धं तया पुरा । सर्वे तत्र भविष्यंति सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः

Transliteration

rūpaṃ ca labhate tādṛgyādṛglabdhaṃ tayā purā | sarve tatra bhaviṣyaṃti siddhavidyādharoragāḥ

Translation

ผู้นั้นย่อมได้รูปโฉมงามดังที่นางเคยได้รับมาแต่ก่อน และ ณ ที่นั้นจะมีเหล่าสิทธะ วิทยาธร และนาคทั้งปวงมาชุมนุมอยู่

Word by Word

• रूपम्: beauty/form
• रूपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तादृक्: such
• तादृक्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तादृक्’ (as such)

• यादृक्: as/which kind
• यादृक्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• लब्धम्: obtained
• लब्धम्: Visheshana (Adjectival participle/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘obtained’ (qualifying रूपम्)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Agent/instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time: formerly)

• सर्वे: all (beings)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः: Siddhas, Vidyādharas, and serpents
• सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + विद्याधर + उरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (सिद्धाः च विद्याधराः च उरगाः च)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Same Arbuda jalāśaya (tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathing at the auspicious time is blessed with radiant beauty; the sky and waters seem populated by Siddhas and Vidyādharas, while Nāgas are sensed beneath the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Siddha
• Vidyādhara
• Uragāḥ (Nāgas)
• Vapur (implied earlier)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā purifies and elevates the practitioner, granting auspicious qualities (rūpa) and communion with higher orders of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-khaṇḍa jalāśaya where the Māgha-śukla-tṛtīyā bath is performed and where Siddhas and Vidyādharas gather.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at that tīrtha at the prescribed time, with the stated fruit of attaining exceptional rūpa.