Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

राजंस्तत्पदमायाति यद्गत्वा न निवर्त्तते । पूजयित्वा भवं देवं भवसंभवनाशनम्

Transliteration

rājaṃstatpadamāyāti yadgatvā na nivarttate | pūjayitvā bhavaṃ devaṃ bhavasaṃbhavanāśanam

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา เขาย่อมถึงสภาวะอันสูงสุดนั้น ซึ่งไปแล้วไม่หวนกลับ—เมื่อได้บูชาพระภวะเทวะ (ศิวะ) ผู้ทำลายการเกิดซ้ำในภพแห่งโลก

Word by Word

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (पदम्)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• आयाति: comes/attains
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (पदम् प्रति)

• गत्वा: having gone (there)
• गत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त; "गत्वा" = having gone

• न: not
• न: Negation/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• निवर्तते: returns
• निवर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा/इत्-प्रत्ययान्त (tumun-समकक्ष) अव्यय-भावकृदन्त; "पूजयित्वा" = having worshipped

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; शिवनाम

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; भवस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• भवसंभवनाशनम्: destroyer of worldly becoming (rebirth)
• भवसंभवनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भवस्य सम्भवः = संसारोत्पत्तिः, तस्य नाशनम्) विशेषण (देवम्/भवम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; direct address ‘rājan’ within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpathakṣetra (Bhava-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king and pilgrims offer bilva leaves and water to a Śiva-liṅga titled ‘Bhava’; behind them the sacred field glows; above, a subtle vision of the ‘state of no return’—a tranquil, luminous expanse.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva as Bhava is framed as a direct means to liberation—the end of return to saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, where Śiva-worship is said to grant the ‘non-returning’ state.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (formal worship) of Bhava/Śiva.