Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स तेन लभते संगं भूय एव यथा मया । प्रियैः स लभते वासमेकरात्रं वसन्नृप

Transliteration

sa tena labhate saṃgaṃ bhūya eva yathā mayā | priyaiḥ sa labhate vāsamekarātraṃ vasannṛpa

Translation

ด้วยการปฏิบัติอันเป็นบุญนั้น เขาย่อมได้กลับมาสู่ความร่วมสถิตอีกครั้ง ดังที่เราก็เคยได้มา และข้าแต่พระราชา เพียงพำนักที่นั่นคืนเดียว ก็ย่อมได้ที่อยู่ท่ามกลางผู้เป็นที่รักของตน

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तेन: by that; through that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सङ्गम्: companionship, union
• सङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again, once more)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as, just as)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• प्रियैः: with loved ones
• प्रियैः: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वासम्: dwelling, stay
• वासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• एकरात्रम्: for one night
• एकरात्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (वासम्); कर्मधारय (एकः रात्रः)

• वसन्: dwelling
• वसन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle, शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘dwelling’ (सः)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from adjoining chapters in Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aviyukta-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage narrates to a king: pointing toward the kṣetra, describing how ‘I too attained reunion’; visual shows the sage’s calm authority, the king listening, and a vignette of a pilgrim staying one night and rejoining loved ones.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even brief contact with a sacred place—such as staying one night—can restore auspicious association and spiritual belonging.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Aviyukta-kṣetra māhātmya within Arbuda Khaṇḍa (the specific site is the Aviyukta sacred field as framed by the chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Residence (vāsa) in the holy area, even for a single night, is presented as a merit-bearing practice.