Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन यदा प्रभासमागतः । भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्वायुपुत्रो ममांशजः

Transliteration

tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena yadā prabhāsamāgataḥ | bhīmaseno mahābāhurvāyuputro mamāṃśajaḥ

Translation

Khi nhân dịp hành hương đến các tīrtha linh thiêng, Bhīmasena dũng mãnh—con của Vāyu và là phần uy lực của chính ta—đã đến Prabhāsa…

Word by Word

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: by occasion of a pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः’ (by occasion of pilgrimage)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb ‘when’)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (holy place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देशनाम (proper place-name)

• आगतः: came
• आगतः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (came)

• भीमसेनः: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम-सेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (proper name)

• महाबाहुः: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भीमसेनः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वायुपुत्रः: son of Vāyu
• वायुपुत्रः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘वायोः पुत्रः’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive ‘my/of me’)

• अंशजः: born of a portion (incarnation)
• अंशजः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश-ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘अंशात् जातः’ (born of a portion)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate next adhyāya opening and continuous māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (arrival context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīmasena, mighty-armed, arrives at the luminous coastal Prabhāsa on pilgrimage, accompanied by brothers; the kṣetra appears as a sacred shoreline with shrines and ghāṭas.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Bhīmasena
• Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become spiritually potent narrative gateways: the devotee’s arrival at a tīrtha initiates grace-bearing events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), the renowned coastal tīrtha celebrated in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it sets the scene for later worship and tīrtha-related merit.