Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

यात्रायामथवान्यत्र पर्वकाले शशिग्रहे । अत्र स्नास्यति यः सम्यक्सागरे लवणांभसि । अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्स्यति मानवः

Transliteration

yātrāyāmathavānyatra parvakāle śaśigrahe | atra snāsyati yaḥ samyaksāgare lavaṇāṃbhasi | aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpsyati mānavaḥ

Translation

ไม่ว่าจะในคราวจาริกแสวงบุญหรือเวลาอื่น—ในวันนักขัตฤกษ์มงคลหรือยามจันทรคราส—ผู้ใดอาบน้ำที่นี่โดยถูกต้องในน้ำเค็มแห่งมหาสมุทร ผู้นั้นจักได้บุญผลเสมอด้วยอัศวเมธยัญพันครั้ง

Word by Word

• यात्रायाम्: on a pilgrimage/journey
• यात्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• पर्व-काले: at a festival/holy-day time
• पर्व-काले: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पर्वणः कालः)

• शशि-ग्रहॆ: during a lunar eclipse
• शशि-ग्रहॆ: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशि (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शशिनः ग्रहः = lunar eclipse)

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

• स्नास्यति: will bathe
• स्नास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• सम्यक्: properly, duly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सागरे: in the sea
• सागरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• लवण-अम्भसि: in salty water
• लवण-अम्भसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (लवणम् अम्भः)

• अश्वमेध-सहस्रस्य: of a thousand Aśvamedha sacrifices
• अश्वमेध-सहस्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अश्वमेधानां सहस्रम्)

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

• प्राप्स्यति: will obtain
• प्राप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator framing the dialogue; tīrtha-phala proclamation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sāgara (Śrī Someśa/Somnātha-samudra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa enter the foaming salt sea at dawn; priests mark tilaka; the sky hints at eclipse; Somnātha’s sacred horizon anchors the scene; a subtle aura suggests ‘a thousand Aśvamedhas’ as invisible merit.

Characters & Entities

• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Śaśi-graha (lunar eclipse)
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action in a powerful sacred geography, especially at auspicious times, multiplies spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean-tīrtha at Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Somnāth coastline).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sāgara-snāna (bathing in the sea), particularly during parva-kāla and lunar eclipses.