Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अथ दृष्ट्वा भवं देवं सकृत्पूज्यविधानतः । केदारयात्राफलभाक्स भवेन्मनुजोत्तमः

Transliteration

atha dṛṣṭvā bhavaṃ devaṃ sakṛtpūjyavidhānataḥ | kedārayātrāphalabhāksa bhavenmanujottamaḥ

Translation

پھر جو شخص بھوَ دیو (شیو) کے درشن کرے اور درست وِدھی کے مطابق ایک بار بھی پوجا کرے، وہ بہترین انسان کیدار یاترا ہی کے پُنّیہ کا حق دار بن جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/then)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive)

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भवं विशेषयति (apposition)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kala/Avadhi (Temporal adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (once)

• पूज्य: having worshipped
• पूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (ल्यप्-समकक्ष/gerundial usage; ‘having worshipped’)

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed method
• विधानतः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) — ‘according to rule’

• केदार-यात्रा-फल-भाक्: partaker of the fruit of the Kedāra pilgrimage
• केदार-यात्रा-फल-भाक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + भाज् (धातु) (भाक्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (केदारयात्रायाः फलस्य भाक् = partaker of the fruit)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनुज-उत्तमः: best of men
• मनुज-उत्तमः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (उत्तमः मनुजः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhava-darśana at Vastrāpatha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a Śiva-liṅga or anthropomorphic Bhava, offering bilva leaves and water; the scene subtly juxtaposes Himalayan Kedāra imagery (snow peaks) as a symbolic comparison while remaining in Prabhāsa terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Kedāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single, properly performed act of darśana and pūjā to Śiva can yield vast tīrtha-merit when done in a sanctified kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa tradition), where Bhava (Śiva) is to be seen and worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) performed ‘vidhānataḥ’—according to prescribed procedure—along with darśana of Bhava.