Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एको भवेद्ब्रह्मचारी यावज्जीवं निशाकर । सकृत्पश्यति मामत्र समं ताभ्यां फलं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

eko bhavedbrahmacārī yāvajjīvaṃ niśākara | sakṛtpaśyati māmatra samaṃ tābhyāṃ phalaṃ smṛtam

Translation

โอ้ผู้ทรงจันทร์เป็นมงกุฎ (นิศากร) หากผู้หนึ่งครองพรหมจรรย์ตลอดชีวิต และอีกผู้หนึ่งได้เฝ้าทัศนาพระองค์ ณ ที่นี้เพียงครั้งเดียว ก็กล่าวกันว่าได้ผลบุญเสมอกันทั้งสอง

Word by Word

• एकः: one (person)
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate student (brahmacārin)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + चारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणि चारिन्)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Extent/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिवाचक (as long as)

• जीवम्: life (for lifetime)
• जीवम्: Karma (Extent/measure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे कालावधि (yāvajjīvam = for life)

• निशाकर: O Moon
• निशाकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• समम्: equal(ly)
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रायः (equally)

• ताभ्याम्: with those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Comparison basis/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्मृतम्: is declared/considered
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स्मृत’ = said/remembered/declared

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two figures are juxtaposed: a lifelong brahmacārin with staff and matted hair, and a pilgrim who simply arrives and beholds the Lord at Prabhāsa; both receive equal radiance of merit, indicated by identical halos or equal garlands bestowed.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Brahmacarya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana at Prabhāsa is proclaimed extraordinarily potent—equal in merit to lifelong brahmacarya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where seeing the deity ‘here’ yields supreme merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brahmacarya (lifelong continence/discipline) is mentioned as a comparator; the verse extols a single darśana at Prabhāsa as equal in fruit.