Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

प्राप्तपुण्या बभूवुस्ते संनिहित्यासमुद्भवम् । कुरुक्षेत्रस्य यात्रायाः प्राप्य सम्यक्फलं हि ते

Transliteration

prāptapuṇyā babhūvuste saṃnihityāsamudbhavam | kurukṣetrasya yātrāyāḥ prāpya samyakphalaṃ hi te

Translation

เขาทั้งหลายได้บรรลุบุญอันเกิดจากสานนิหิตี; แท้จริงแล้วเขาได้รับผลอันครบถ้วนแห่งการจาริกไปกุรุเกษตรา

Word by Word

• प्राप्तपुण्याः: having obtained merit
• प्राप्तपुण्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप्/√प्राप्) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारयः: 'प्राप्तं पुण्यं येषाम्' (पुण्यप्राप्ताः)

• बभूवुः: they became
• बभूवुः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्गे (सामान्यतः), प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• संनिहित्यासमुद्भवम्: arising from (that) sacred presence
• संनिहित्यासमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिहित्य (अव्ययीभाव-भावकृदन्त; √धा/√हित 'निहि' भाव) + असमुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः: 'संनिहित्य' (सन्निधिं कृत्वा/being present) इति अव्ययपूर्वकं; ततः 'असमुद्भवम्' नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सम्यक्फलम्/पुण्यम् implied)

• कुरुक्षेत्रस्य: of Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनम्; 'कुरूणां क्षेत्रम्' इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• यात्रायाः: of the pilgrimage
• यात्रायाः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनम्

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): 'प्राप्य' = प्राप्त्वा; अव्ययभावः

• सम्यक्फलम्: the full/proper fruit (result)
• सम्यक्फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः: 'सम्यक् फलम्'

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): हेतौ/निश्चये

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्गे (सामान्यतः), प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic discourse; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃnihitī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed in the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing at Saṃnihitī, the Yādavas are described as ‘attaining merit’ and receiving the complete fruit of Kurukṣetra pilgrimage—an invisible spiritual result depicted through radiance and auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃnihitī
• Kurukṣetra
• Yādavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single tīrtha, rightly approached, can confer the spiritual ‘fruit’ of great pilgrimages—dharmic grace is concentrated in sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃnihitī tīrtha at Prabhāsa, praised as granting the full benefit of Kurukṣetra pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: snāna at Saṃnihitī yields major yātrā-phala (pilgrimage merit).