Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र कुंडे नरः स्नात्वा चतुर्थ्यां प्रयतात्मवान् । पूजयेद्यस्तु तं भक्त्या विघ्नेशस्तस्य तुष्यति

Transliteration

tatra kuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā caturthyāṃ prayatātmavān | pūjayedyastu taṃ bhaktyā vighneśastasya tuṣyati

Translation

اس کنڈ میں غسل کرکے، چوتھی تِتھی کو جو شخص ضبطِ نفس کے ساتھ بھکتی سے اُس کی پوجا کرے، وِگھنےش اُس بھکت سے خوش ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• kuṇḍe: in the pond
• kuṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु) (क्त्वा/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• caturthyām: on the fourth (lunar day)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे (time-locative)

• prayatātmavān: self-controlled/pure-minded
• prayatātmavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prayata-ātmavat (प्रातिपदिक; प्रयत + आत्मवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to naraḥ)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• tam: him (Vighneśa)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (instrument/means)

• vighneśaḥ: Vighneśa
• vighneśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighneśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed in verse) a kuṇḍa within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; contextually within the Gajakuṃbhodara-related tīrtha cycle

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred pond in Prabhāsa at dawn; a restrained pilgrim emerges from the water, hands joined, then offers durvā and modaka at a small shrine of Vighneśa under a sacred tree; other pilgrims wait quietly with lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)
• Caturthī
• Kuṇḍa (tīrtha pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna), self-restraint, and devotion together make worship effective; divine grace follows disciplined bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa (sacred pond) in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra circuit, connected with the nearby Vighneśa (Gajakuṃbhodara) shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the kuṇḍa, followed by devotional pūjā of Vighneśa on Caturthī, undertaken with a restrained mind.