Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नेव दिने पूज्यं तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः

Transliteration

tasminneva dine pūjyaṃ tīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ

Translation

Sa mismong araw na iyon, nararapat itong sambahin at alayan ng pagsamba, kaugnay ng banal na paglalakbay-pananampalataya sa mga tīrtha.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निश्चयार्थक-निपातः

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पूज्यम्: to be worshipped
• पूज्यम्: कर्म/विधेय (Object/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (यत्) कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गतः: due to the occasion of pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गतः: हेतु (Hetu/Causal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तसिल् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: समासः: (तीर्थयात्रा) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः; ततः ‘तीर्थयात्रा-प्रसङ्ग’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम् ‘-तः’ (ablatival adverb) = on account of/from the occasion of

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha-yātrā context (specific station implied from prior verses: Śrīmukha/Mātṛgaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the same interlocutor as prior verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moving procession of pilgrims along the Prabhāsa route; one pauses at a shrine to perform worship ‘on that very day’, while others carry water pots and offerings—ritual embedded in travel.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not mere travel; it is sanctified by timely worship integrated into the tīrtha journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate Prabhāsa-kṣetra pilgrimage circuit (tīrtha-yātrā) in which the described shrines are visited.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform worship on the specified day as part of the tīrtha-yātrā observance.