Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अत्र ये फाल्गुने मासि पौर्णमास्यां समाहिताः । करिष्यंति पुनः स्नानं ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

atra ye phālgune māsi paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitāḥ | kariṣyaṃti punaḥ snānaṃ te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim

Translation

凡于此处，在法尔古那月（Phālguna）满月之日，摄心专注，再行圣浴者；彼等虔信之人将证得至上归趣。

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• फाल्गुने: in (the month of) Phālguna
• फाल्गुने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासविशेषः

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Kala/Adhikarana (Time/Location/काल/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• समाहिताः: collected, composed, attentive
• समाहिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ये इत्यस्य)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do, will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb)

• स्नानम्: bath, ritual bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यास्यन्ति: will go, will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गतिम् इत्यस्य)

• गतिम्: state, destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmuhrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a lotus-strewn kund under a full moon of Phālguna; they stand with folded hands, calm faces, performing snāna in silence; moonlight glitters on water, priests chant softly on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna
• Paurṇamāsī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A focused mind and timely tīrtha-bathing (especially on Phālguna full moon) is praised as a direct means toward the supreme spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of merit gained ‘here’ in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa context—i.e., the local tīrtha being described in this Māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) on Phālguna Paurṇamāsī, performed with mental concentration.