Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

अक्षय्यमुपतिष्ठेत्त्वत्त्वस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु गोष्पदे । स्वाध्यायं श्रावयेत्तत्र पुराणान्यखिलान्यपि

Transliteration

akṣayyamupatiṣṭhettvattvasmiṃstīrthe tu goṣpade | svādhyāyaṃ śrāvayettatra purāṇānyakhilānyapi

Translation

ขอให้ผลบุญอันไม่สิ้นสุดสถิตเพื่อท่าน ณ ตีรถะแห่งนี้ชื่อว่า โคษปทะ (Goṣpada) ณ ที่นั้นพึงให้มีการสาธยายสวาธยาย และให้มีการสวดอ่านปุราณะทั้งปวงด้วย

Word by Word

• अक्षय्यम्: imperishable (merit/reward)
• अक्षय्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपतिष्ठेत्: would attend/serve; would be present
• उपतिष्ठेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative/विध्यर्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (ablative)

• त्वस्मिन्: in you
• त्वस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• गोष्पदे: at Goṣpada (place-name; lit. ‘cow’s footprint’)
• गोष्पदे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः पदम्)

• स्वाध्यायम्: Vedic recitation/study
• स्वाध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रावयेत्: should cause to be heard; should recite/teach
• श्रावयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) caus. श्रावय (णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पुराणानि: the Purāṇas
• पुराणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अखिलानि: all, entire
• अखिलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (inclusion/emphasis)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya (speaker not explicit in snippet); addressing a ritual participant and praising Goṣpada-tīrtha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Goṣpada-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Goṣpada-tīrtha, after offerings, a learned reciter reads from palm-leaf manuscripts; pilgrims sit listening as the ‘akṣayya’ blessing is symbolized by an endless garland or unceasing lamp-flame.

Characters & Entities

• Goṣpada Tīrtha
• Purāṇa
• Svādhyāya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a praised tīrtha, merit is described as akṣayya when joined with dharmic acts like svādhyāya and Purāṇa recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Goṣpada-tīrtha within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Svādhyāya (sacred recitation) and arranging Purāṇa-śravaṇa/pāṭha (hearing/recitation of Purāṇas) at the tīrtha.