Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

यदि गच्छेन्नरः कश्चित्प्रभासं क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् । तमुपायं प्रकुर्वीत निर्गच्छेन्न पुनर्यथा

Transliteration

yadi gacchennaraḥ kaścitprabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam | tamupāyaṃ prakurvīta nirgacchenna punaryathā

Translation

Kung sinuman ang pumaroon sa Prabhāsa, ang kataas-taasang banal na pook, nararapat niyang isagawa ang gayong paraan ng pagsasanay upang hindi na muling lumisan (makamtan ang ganap na paglaya at di na bumalik sa saṃsāra).

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• कश्चित्: someone, any
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• प्रभासम्: to Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• क्षेत्रम्: holy field, sacred place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• उपायम्: means, method
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform, should undertake
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• निर्गच्छेत्: should depart, should go out
• निर्गच्छेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: as, in such a way)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the luminous coastal kṣetra of Prabhāsa with folded hands, resolving to undertake a liberating discipline; the sea, temple spires, and sacred lamps suggest ‘upāya’ leading beyond rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Saṃsāra
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A visit to a great tīrtha should be paired with a liberating discipline aimed at ending repeated return to worldly existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general injunction to adopt an upāya (sādhana); the specific practice is implied by nearby verses (dhyāna, Śatarudrīya-japa, restraint).