Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

भ्रातृद्वितीयासंयोगे स्नात्वा पुष्करिणीजले । यमेश्वरसमीपस्थो यमेशमवलोकयेत्

Transliteration

bhrātṛdvitīyāsaṃyoge snātvā puṣkariṇījale | yameśvarasamīpastho yameśamavalokayet

Translation

بھراتری دوتیہا کے مبارک موقع پر، مقدس کنڈ کے پانی میں غسل کرکے، یمیشور کے قریب کھڑے ہو کر دھرم راج یم کے درشن کرنے چاہییں۔

Word by Word

• भ्रातृद्वितीयासंयोगे: on the occasion of Bhātr̥dvitīyā
• भ्रातृद्वितीयासंयोगे: Adhikarana (Time/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृद्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भ्रातृद्वितीयायाः संयोगे = on the occasion of Bhātr̥dvitīyā)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव कृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• पुष्करिणीजले: in the pond-water
• पुष्करिणीजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (पुष्करिण्याः जले)

• यमेश्वरसमीपस्थः: standing near Yameśvara
• यमेश्वरसमीपस्थः: Visheshana (Adjective of implied agent/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यमेश्वरस्य समीपे स्थितः)

• यमेशम्: Yameśa (Lord Yama)
• यमेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• अवलोकयेत्: should behold/should look at
• अवलोकयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + लोक् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yameśvara-puṣkariṇī (sacred tank near Yameśvara)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Bhrātṛ-dvitīyā, pilgrims bathe in a lotus-filled tank; then, wrapped in fresh cloth, they walk to the nearby Yameśvara shrine to behold Yama as Dharmarāja.

Characters & Entities

• Bhrātṛdvitīyā
• Puṣkariṇī
• Yameśvara
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Bhrātṛ-dvitīyā) combined with sacred place (Prabhāsa) and sacred act (snāna + darśana) strengthens one’s alignment with Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the vicinity of Yameśvara and the nearby puṣkariṇī (sacred tank).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the puṣkariṇī and then take darśana of Yama near the shrine/area of Yameśvara.