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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

यः सकृत्कुरुते यात्रां क्षेत्रे वस्त्रापथे पुनः । विगाह्य तत्र तीर्थानि कृतकृत्यः स जायते

yaḥ sakṛtkurute yātrāṃ kṣetre vastrāpathe punaḥ | vigāhya tatra tīrthāni kṛtakṛtyaḥ sa jāyate

ผู้ใดแม้เพียงครั้งเดียวออกจาริกไปยังกษेत्रวัสตราปถะ และลงอาบในทีรถะทั้งหลายในที่นั้น ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้สำเร็จความหมายแห่งชีวิตแล้ว

यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
सकृत्once
सकृत्:
Kala/Avadhi (Temporal adjunct/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (काल/आवृत्तिवाचक—once)
कुरुतेdoes, performs
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
यात्राम्pilgrimage
यात्राम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
क्षेत्रेin the sacred field
क्षेत्रे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
वस्त्रापथेat Vastrāpatha
वस्त्रापथे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वस्त्रस्य पथः) — स्थाननाम
पुनःagain, further
पुनः:
Kala/Avadhi (Temporal adjunct/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक/again)
विगाह्यhaving bathed/immersed
विगाह्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि-गाह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
Formअव्ययभावे कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; absolutive/gerund)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक)
तीर्थानिholy fords/shrines
तीर्थानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
कृतकृत्यःone who has fulfilled his purpose
कृतकृत्यः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत (कृ धातु + क्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कृतं कृत्यं यस्य/कृतकृत्यः = one whose duty is done)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
जायतेis born, becomes
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra tīrthāni (collective)

Type: kshetra

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a coastal/riverine sacred tract called Vastrāpatha; they descend steps into a tīrtha, perform snāna, and emerge with folded hands, suggesting ‘kṛtakṛtya’ fulfillment.

V
Vastrāpatha
T
Tīrthas

FAQs

Even a single sincere pilgrimage and sacred bathing at the right kṣetra is presented as spiritually completing one’s life-aim.

Vastrāpatha Kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, with its associated tīrthas for ritual immersion.

Yātrā (pilgrimage) to Vastrāpatha and vigāha/snān (immersion/bathing) in the tīrthas located there.