Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तत्र सूर्यग्रहे प्राप्ते स्नानदानादिकाः क्रियाः । यः करोति फलं तस्य कुरुक्षेत्र समं भवेत्

Transliteration

tatra sūryagrahe prāpte snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ | yaḥ karoti phalaṃ tasya kurukṣetra samaṃ bhavet

Translation

当彼处发生日食之时，凡行圣浴、布施及诸相关仪轨者，其功德便与在俱卢之野（Kurukṣetra）所得等同。

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sūrya-grahe: at a solar eclipse
• sūrya-grahe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sūryasya grahaḥ)

• prāpte: when it has occurred
• prāpte: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √āp (आप्) + प्र, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• snāna-dāna-ādikāḥ: such as bathing and giving (charity)
• snāna-dāna-ādikāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāna + dāna + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca ādayaḥ)

• kriyāḥ: acts/rites
• kriyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• karoti: does/performs
• karoti: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kurukṣetra: Kurukṣetra
• kurukṣetra: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kurūṇāṃ kṣetram)

• samam: equal to
• samam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Upamā (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तुल्यर्थक-विशेषण

• bhavet: would be/becomes
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha (unspecified sub-tīrtha; 'tatra' within Arbuda circuit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solar eclipse darkens the sky over a sacred waterbody at Arbuda; pilgrims bathe, offer dāna, and perform rites, while the narration proclaims Kurukṣetra-equivalent merit.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (solar eclipse)
• Kurukṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rituals done at the right time (solar eclipse) and in a praised tīrtha multiply merit to the level of famed dharma-kṣetras like Kurukṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha in the Arbuda (Mount Abu) sacred landscape within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; the verse speaks of ‘there’ (tatra) referring to the ongoing site description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) and dāna (charity), along with allied religious observances, performed during a solar eclipse.