Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा महाकुण्डे यस्तं पूजयते नरः । पंचोपचारविधिना भक्तियुक्तो यतेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

tatra snātvā mahākuṇḍe yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | paṃcopacāravidhinā bhaktiyukto yatendriyaḥ

Translation

เมื่ออาบน้ำในมหากุณฑ์นั้นแล้ว ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์ด้วยพิธีปัญโจปจาร (เครื่องสักการะห้าประการ) ด้วยศรัทธาและสำรวมอินทรีย์ ผู้นั้นย่อมได้บุญกุศลตามที่ทรงประทานไว้

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना) + त्वा (absolutive)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वान्त (क्त्वा) अव्ययभाव (gerund): having bathed

• mahākuṇḍe: in the great pond
• mahākuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + kuṇḍa (महा + कुण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् कुण्डम्)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (नर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• paṃcopacāravidhinā: by the method of five offerings
• paṃcopacāravidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + upacāra + vidhina (पञ्च + उपचार + विधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पञ्चोपचाराणां विधिः; तेन)

• bhaktiyuktaḥ: endowed with devotion
• bhaktiyuktaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti + yukta (भक्ति + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या युक्तः)

• yatendriyaḥ: one whose senses are restrained
• yatendriyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata + indriya (यत + इन्द्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहि (यतेन्द्रियाणि यस्य)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (within Brahmakuṇḍa complex)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the stepped kuṇḍa, wet hair and folded cloth, then offers five upacāras before a Śiva shrine; lamps glow, incense rises, flowers scatter on the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• mahākuṇḍa
• pañcopacāra
• Bhairaveśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with disciplined devotion—purity (snāna), worship (pūjā), and self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahākuṇḍa associated with Bhairaveśvara near Brahmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the kuṇḍa and pañcopacāra-vidhi (five-offering worship) performed with bhakti and sense-restraint.