Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तथा सीधुषु बद्धेषु निर्ययुर्नगराद्बहिः । यानैरश्वैर्गजैश्चैव श्रीमंतस्तिग्मतेजसः

Transliteration

tathā sīdhuṣu baddheṣu niryayurnagarādbahiḥ | yānairaśvairgajaiścaiva śrīmaṃtastigmatejasaḥ

Translation

当盛装西度酒（发酵饮）的坛罐都已捆扎牢固时，那些光彩夺目、威辉锐烈之人便出离城郭，乘车而行，并有骏马与大象随从。

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise, thus
• tathā: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb): "thus/likewise"

• sīdhuṣu: in/among the liquors (sīdhu)
• sīdhuṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīdhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• baddheṣu: secured, fastened
• baddheṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: baddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bandh (बन्ध्) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; sīdhuṣu इति विशेषणम्: "when/where (they were) bound/secured"

• niryayuḥ: they went out, departed
• niryayuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या) उपसर्गः nir-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• nagarāt: from the city
• nagarāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place): "outside"

• yānaiḥ: by vehicles, with conveyances
• yānaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• aśvaiḥ: with horses
• aśvaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• gajaiḥ: with elephants
• gajaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• śrīmaṃtaḥ: prosperous, splendid
• śrīmaṃtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तृपदं (subject adjective)

• tigmatejasaḥ: of keen/brilliant splendor
• tigmatejasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tigma (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: "sharp/brilliant in energy"; śrīmaṃtaḥ इति विशेषणान्तरम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (destination)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: With jars of fermented sīdhu secured, splendid radiant men exit the city in a magnificent convoy—vehicles, horses, and elephants—moving toward the coast.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is also a social movement in the Purāṇas—whole communities travel—yet the narrative keeps highlighting the need for dharmic restraint during the journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The journey is situated within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, with Prabhāsa as the principal destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates the departure logistics.