Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मानवः सम्यगश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyagaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

เมื่อได้เห็นโดยถูกต้องแล้ว บุคคลย่อมได้รับผลบุญแห่งอัศวเมธยัญ

Word by Word

• तम्: that (liṅga)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• मानवः: a man; a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly; duly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (manner)

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेधफल (प्रातिपदिक; अश्वमेध + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अश्वमेधस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the Maṃkīśvara liṅga with folded hands; above, a symbolic vignette of an Aśvamedha horse and sacrificial altar dissolves into light, indicating equivalence of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Maṃkīśvara Liṅga
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even darśana (reverent sight) at a powerful tīrtha can equal the merit of grand Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṃkīśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—seeing the liṅga with proper devotional attentiveness (samyak).