Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता । भैरवं चैव केदारं पुष्करं द्रुतिजंगमम्

Transliteration

ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā | bhairavaṃ caiva kedāraṃ puṣkaraṃ drutijaṃgamam

Translation

وہاں اگر ایک ہی برہمن کو کھانا کھلایا جائے تو گویا ایک کروڑ کو کھلایا گیا۔ وہاں بھیرَو، کیدار، پشکر اور تیز رفتار تیرتھ دُرتی جنگم بھی موجود ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ekasmin: in/when one (is)
• ekasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• bhojite: when fed
• bhojite: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) + bhojita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular; ‘when (a brahmin) has been fed’

• vipre: in the case of a brahmin
• vipre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• koṭiḥ: a crore (ten million)
• koṭiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — present, 3rd sg

• bhojitā: fed (as if fed)
• bhojitā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) + bhojitā (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular; agrees with koṭiḥ

• bhairavam: Bhairava (tīrtha)
• bhairavam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular (name of a tīrtha)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक — ‘and’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक — ‘indeed/just’

• kedāram: Kedāra
• kedāram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kedāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular (name of a tīrtha)

• puṣkaram: Puṣkara
• puṣkaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular (name of a tīrtha)

• druti: swift
• druti: Upapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: druti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समासपूर्वपद — ‘speed/quickness’

• jaṅgamam: Druti-jaṅgama (tīrtha)
• jaṅgamam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (druti + jaṅgama) — accusative singular (name/epithet of a tīrtha)

Speaker

Śiva (in dialogue with Devī/Pārvatī, inferred from 'devi/mahādevi' in adjacent verses of the same passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha) with embedded tīrthas

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: one brāhmaṇa being fed at Prabhāsa while a celestial vision shows countless brāhmaṇas satisfied; nearby appear emblematic presences of Bhairava, Kedāra, Puṣkara, and Drutijaṅgama as personified tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairava
• Kedāra
• Puṣkara
• Drutijaṅgama
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a supremely sanctified kṣetra, even a small act of charity (feeding one brāhmaṇa) multiplies into vast puṇya due to the site's concentrated sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a confluence where renowned tīrthas like Bhairava, Kedāra, and Puṣkara are mystically present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding a brāhmaṇa (brāhmaṇa-bhojana), praised as yielding immense merit at Prabhāsa.