Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं सम्यग्वह्नीशं यः प्रपश्यति । नूनं प्रसिद्धिमाप्नोति इतश्चाहं यथा पुरा

Transliteration

kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ samyagvahnīśaṃ yaḥ prapaśyati | nūnaṃ prasiddhimāpnoti itaścāhaṃ yathā purā

Translation

ผู้ใดเวียนประทักษิณาโดยถูกต้องแล้วได้เฝ้าดูพระวหฺนีศะ ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งไฟ ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ชื่อเสียงแน่นอน—ดังที่เราครั้งก่อนเคยได้ ณ ที่นี้

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• वह्नीशम्: the Lord of Fire (Agni)
• वह्नीशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वह्नेः ईशः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• प्रपश्यति: sees
• प्रपश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पश्य् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (surely)

• प्रसिद्धिम्: fame/renown
• प्रसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• इतश्: from here / thereafter
• इतश्: Apadana/Adverbial (Source/अपादान or adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/दिशार्थक (from here/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, उत्तमपुरुषार्थक सर्वनाम

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/काल-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

Speaker

Agastya (the gāthā/utterance introduced in the prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaiśvānareśvara/Vahnīśa (Agni-deity) at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed indirectly in adjacent verses; context suggests a goddess as interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes a reverent circumambulation around a blazing, Agni-associated shrine of Vahnīśa/Vaiśvānareśvara at Prabhāsa, then stands in stillness for darśana; attendants and lamps echo the fire motif.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Vahnīśa
• Vaiśvānareśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed worship—pradakṣiṇā joined with darśana—bears visible and invisible fruits, including honor and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine of Vahnīśa/Vaiśvānareśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform proper pradakṣiṇā and take darśana of Vahnīśa (Vaiśvānareśvara).