Shloka 5 - Adhyaya 241 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्प्रभृत्येव सकले शेष इत्यभिविश्रुतः । चैत्रे शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । स पुत्रपौत्रपशुमान्वर्षं क्षेमेण गच्छति

Transliteration

tatprabhṛtyeva sakale śeṣa ityabhiviśrutaḥ | caitre śuklatrayodaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | sa putrapautrapaśumānvarṣaṃ kṣemeṇa gacchati

Translation

นับแต่นั้นมา ทั่วทั้งโลกท่านเป็นที่รู้จักในนาม “เศษะ” ผู้ใดบูชาท่านในวันตรีโยทศี ข้างขึ้น เดือนไจตรา ผู้นั้นจะผ่านพ้นตลอดปีด้วยความเกษมสวัสดิ์ พร้อมด้วยบุตร หลาน และปศุสัตว์

Word by Word

तत्प्रभृतिfrom that time onward

एवindeed

सकलेin the whole (world)/everywhere

शेषःŚeṣa

इतिthus

अभिविश्रुतःbecame renowned

चैत्रेin (the month of) Caitra

शुक्लत्रयोदश्याम्on the bright thirteenth (tithi)

यःwho

तम्him

पूजयतेworships

नरःa man

सःhe

पुत्रपौत्रपशुमान्possessing sons, grandsons, and cattle

वर्षम्for a year

क्षेमेणsafely/with well-being

गच्छतिgoes/passes (time)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śeṣa-liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims gather on Caitra bright trayodaśī before the Śeṣa-liṅga, offering flowers, lamps, and water; the scene emphasizes family continuity—children and elders present—symbolizing putra-pautra and cattle wealth.

Characters & Entities

Śeṣa

Caitra

Śukla-trayodaśī

Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, time-specific worship aligned with sacred calendrical dharma (tithi) is portrayed as a source of worldly welfare and stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Śeṣa-māhātmya context, praising worship of Śeṣa associated with this sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Śeṣa on Caitra bright trayodaśī, with the stated boon of well-being and prosperity through the year.