Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

फाल्गुनपात्रे तु कुर्वाणः सर्वकामानवाप्नुयात् । परां द्युतिमथार्के तु प्राकाश्यं च विशेषतः

Transliteration

phālgunapātre tu kurvāṇaḥ sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt | parāṃ dyutimathārke tu prākāśyaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Ai cử hành nghi lễ bằng bình phālguna sẽ đạt được sự viên mãn mọi ước nguyện. Còn dùng bình arka thì được ánh quang minh tối thượng và, đặc biệt, sự rực rỡ nổi bật.

Word by Word

• फाल्गुनपात्रे: in the Phālguna-vessel
• फाल्गुनपात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन+पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘फाल्गुनस्य पात्रे’)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• कुर्वाणः: doing, performing
• कुर्वाणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वाण (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वकामान्: all desires
• सर्वकामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व+काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (‘सर्वे कामाः’)

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme, highest
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘द्युतिम्’ इति विशेषण

• द्युतिम्: splendour, radiance
• द्युतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अथ: then, and
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/प्रारम्भार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• अर्के: in/at the arka (sun-plant)
• अर्के: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• प्राकाश्यम्: brightness, illumination
• प्राकाश्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र+काश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs a rite holding two distinct leaf/plant vessels—one of phālguna and one of arka—while a radiant aura (tejas) rises like sunlight; Somnātha shrine and sea-breeze implied in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (pātra material)
• Arka (plant/wood)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is portrayed as precise: even the chosen pātra (vessel) is linked to distinct fruits, encouraging mindful, rule-based worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where śrāddha and related offerings are said to yield powerful, clearly differentiated rewards.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Using a phālguna vessel is said to grant all desired aims; using an arka vessel grants exceptional radiance and visible brilliance.