Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यात्रागतानां देवेशि पुरुषाणां जितात्मनाम् । मुखद्वारे तु किं पुण्यं स्नानदाने च शंकर

Transliteration

yātrāgatānāṃ deveśi puruṣāṇāṃ jitātmanām | mukhadvāre tu kiṃ puṇyaṃ snānadāne ca śaṃkara

Translation

اے دیوتاؤں کے پروردگار! جو ضبطِ نفس والے مرد یاترا پر آتے ہیں—مکھدوار پر کیا پُنّیہ ہے؟ اور اے شنکر! اشنان اور دان کا کیا ثواب ہے؟

Word by Word

• yātrāgatānām: of those who have come on pilgrimage
• yātrāgatānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yātrā-gata (प्रातिपदिक; यात्रा + गत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• deveśi: O Lady of the gods (Deveśī)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-īśī (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईशी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• puruṣāṇām: of men
• puruṣāṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन

• jitātmanām: of self-controlled (men)
• jitātmanām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita-ātman (प्रातिपदिक; जित + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• mukhadvāre: at the entrance gate
• mukhadvāre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha-dvāra (प्रातिपदिक; मुख + द्वार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle: but/indeed)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc); एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc); एकवचन

• snānadāne: in bathing and giving (charity)
• snānadāne: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna-dāna (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• śaṃkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mukhadvāra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Īśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim, hands folded, questions Śaṅkara about the merit of Mukhadvāra and the fruits of bathing and gifting; coastal gateway imagery with banners, conch sounds, and a distant sea-line.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Śaṅkara)
• Mukhadvāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually potent when joined with self-restraint, sacred bathing, and charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mukhadvāra, presented as a significant spot within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charitable giving) are highlighted as key pilgrimage practices whose merits are to be explained.