Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति कर्त्तव्यं पूजनं प्रत्यहं च तत् । पलार्धेनापि विद्धं स्याद्भोक्तव्यं वासरे तव

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti karttavyaṃ pūjanaṃ pratyahaṃ ca tat | palārdhenāpi viddhaṃ syādbhoktavyaṃ vāsare tava

Translation

من اليوم فصاعدًا يجب أداء تلك العبادة كلَّ يوم؛ وحتى إن كان الصوم «ناقصًا» بمقدار نصف بالا فقط، فليؤكل في يومك المقدّس وحده، وفقًا لقاعدة تلك النذيرة.

Word by Word

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (from today onwards)

• कर्त्तव्यम्: must be done
• कर्त्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/अनिवार्य अर्थे कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be done’

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रत्यहम्: daily
• प्रत्यहम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (every day)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; refers to ‘that (worship)’

• पलार्धेन: with half a pala (measure)
• पलार्धेन: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पल + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (पलस्य अर्धम्)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (even/also)

• विद्धम्: determined/marked
• विद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यध्/विध् (धातु) → विद्ध (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘pierced/marked’ (contextual: ‘measured/ascertained’)

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would be/should be’

• भोक्तव्यम्: is to be eaten
• भोक्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भोक्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/अनिवार्य अर्थे कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be eaten/consumed’

• वासरे: on the day
• वासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim stating a vow/discipline before Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual instruction within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee resolves before a shrine of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā to perform daily worship and to eat only on the Lord’s appointed day, holding a small measure (pala) as a symbol of strict vrata-measurement.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• pūjana
• vāsara
• pala (measure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily worship and careful observance of sacred-day discipline preserve the sanctity and fruit of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the devotional context where Kṛṣṇa’s worship and vrata-precision are taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily pūjā (pratyahaṃ pūjanam) and a rule about eating (bhoktavyam) tied to the Lord’s vāsara, with warning about even small defects (palārdha).