Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

प्रभासादीनि तीर्थानि यानि संति धरातले । गंतव्यं तेषु सर्वेषु स्नानं कुरु समाहितः

Transliteration

prabhāsādīni tīrthāni yāni saṃti dharātale | gaṃtavyaṃ teṣu sarveṣu snānaṃ kuru samāhitaḥ

Translation

大地上一切圣地渡口（tīrtha）——以普拉婆娑（Prabhāsa）为首——都应前往参礼；在每一处，都当以摄心守戒之念而沐浴。

Word by Word

• प्रभासादीनि: beginning with Prabhāsa, etc.
• प्रभासादीनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘-आदि’ अन्त-समासः (प्रभास-आदि)

• तीर्थानि: sacred places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• सन्ति: exist / are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• धरातले: on the surface of the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• गन्तव्यम्: to be gone to / must be visited
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त/gerundive)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण; कर्तरि-भावे ‘गमनियम/गन्तव्य’

• तेषु: in/among those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुरु: do / perform
• कुरु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• समाहितः: collected, attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); कर्तृ-विशेषण

Speaker

Pulastya (implied narrative instruction within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (as first among many)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The king addressed as nṛpa-sattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king begins at Prabhāsa, then a montage of many tīrthas—rivers, ghats, sangams—each with the king bathing, hands in añjali, mind focused; Prabhāsa shown with the sea and Somnātha shrine nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually fruitful when paired with inner composure; sacred travel is meant to purify both body and mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is named as the leading example, representing the broader network of tīrthas praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at each tīrtha, performed with samādhāna/samāhita-citta (focused mind).