Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि सम्यग्यात्राविधिं शुभम् । यात्राविधानं च तथा सम्यक्छ्रद्धान्विता शृणु

Transliteration

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi samyagyātrāvidhiṃ śubham | yātrāvidhānaṃ ca tathā samyakchraddhānvitā śṛṇu

Translation

บัดนี้เราจักกล่าวโดยถูกต้องถึงวิธีการยาตราอันเป็นมงคล จงฟังด้วยศรัทธามั่นคงถึงกฎเกณฑ์และขั้นตอนแห่งยาตราด้วยเถิด

Word by Word

• अथ: now
• अथ: Discourse marker (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गल/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (now/then)

• अतः: thereafter/therefore
• अतः: Discourse marker (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (therefore/from this point)

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + सम् + प्र (उपसर्ग) → संप्रवक्ष्यामि
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद: ‘I shall explain’

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly/correctly)

• यात्राविधिम्: the procedure of the pilgrimage
• यात्राविधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘rule/procedure of pilgrimage’

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (auspicious)

• यात्राविधानम्: the ordinance of the pilgrimage
• यात्राविधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘arrangement/ordinance of pilgrimage’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• तथा: also/thus
• तथा: Discourse marker (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (thus/also)

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

• श्रद्धान्विता: (O you) endowed with faith
• श्रद्धान्विता: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + अन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त: ‘endowed with faith’; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense intended)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → शृणु
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद: ‘listen’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (yātrā-vidhi preface)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The inquirer(s) in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame (unspecified in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator (Skanda or a sage) begins formal instruction: a seated teaching scene with attentive listeners holding palm-leaf manuscripts, with Prabhāsa’s temple and coastline hinted behind.

Characters & Entities

• Yātrā-vidhi
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually fruitful when done with right procedure and sincere faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Prabhāsakṣetra, whose pilgrimage rules are about to be taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adherence to yātrā-vidhi—formal rules for undertaking a tīrtha pilgrimage with śraddhā.