Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्दृष्टे वरारोहे अद्यापि लभते फलम् । राजसूयाश्वमेधानां नरो भक्तिसमन्वितः

Transliteration

tasmindṛṣṭe varārohe adyāpi labhate phalam | rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ naro bhaktisamanvitaḥ

Translation

โอ้สตรีผู้ประเสริฐ ครั้นได้เห็นสิ่งนั้น (ลึงค์/สถานที่) แม้ในกาลวันนี้ บุรุษผู้ประกอบด้วยภักติย่อมได้ผลแห่งราชสูยะและอัศวเมธยัญ

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/instance)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरण-प्रयोग (locative of place/occasion)

• दृष्टे: when/after (it is) seen; in the seen (place)
• दृष्टे: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तस्मिन् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वर-आरोहे: O fair-rising one (O beautiful lady)
• वर-आरोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः: वरः आरोहः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अपि: even; also; still
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; 'also/even/still')

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

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• राजसूय-अश्वमेधानाम्: of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (sacrifices)
• राजसूय-अश्वमेधानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: राजसूयश्च अश्वमेधश्च), पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive of comparison/association)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• भक्ति-समन्वितः: endowed with devotion
• भक्ति-समन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP from सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भक्त्या समन्वितः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नरः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (contextual narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛddha-Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varārohā / ‘O noble lady’ (female interlocutor addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, hands folded, beholds the sacred liṅga/spot at Vṛddha-Prabhāsa; above, symbolic emblems of Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (sacrificial horse, royal parasol, fire-altar) appear as a visionary overlay indicating equivalent merit.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛddhaprabhāsa
• Rājasūya
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional pilgrimage can confer merits comparable to grand royal sacrifices, making dharma accessible through bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vṛddhaprabhāsa tīrtha (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (pilgrimage sight) performed with bhakti; no separate rite is mandated here.