Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

एवं कृत्वा महादेवि लभते जन्मनः फलम् । राजसूयाश्वमेधानां प्राप्नुयात्फलमूर्जितम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtvā mahādevi labhate janmanaḥ phalam | rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ prāpnuyātphalamūrjitam

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาเทวี เมื่อกระทำดังนี้ ย่อมได้ผลแท้แห่งการเกิดเป็นมนุษย์ และย่อมบรรลุบุญอันทรงพลังเสมอด้วยยัญญะราชสูยะและอัศวเมธ

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive): ‘having done’

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘महती देवī’ इति कर्मधारय; संबोधनपदम्

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• janmanaḥ: of birth (i.e., of being born)
• janmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धः (फलस्य)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• rājasūyāśvamedhānām: of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (sacrifices)
• rājasūyāśvamedhānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājasūya + aśvamedha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (समाहार/इतरेतर) ‘rājasūya- aśvamedha’

• prāpnuyāt: would attain / should attain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु; उपसर्गः pra-)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ūrjitam: mighty/excellent
• ūrjitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ūrjita (प्रातिपदिक; √ūrj (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (phalam इति)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative context in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogues addressing Devī as 'mahādevi')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Pārvatī, proclaiming that the pilgrim’s acts at Prabhāsa grant the fruit of human birth and merit equal to Rājasūya and Aśvamedha; behind them, a luminous tīrtha landscape with shrine and ritual fires symbolically echoing grand yajñas.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Rājasūya
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single act of prescribed devotion at Prabhāsakṣetra can yield extraordinary puṇya, fulfilling the purpose of human birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse refers generally to “doing thus” (evaṃ kṛtvā), i.e., the rite described in the surrounding passage, and states its result as equal to great Vedic sacrifices.