Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

इन्दुक्षये तु संक्रान्त्यामेकादश्यां शते कृते । उपवासं न कुर्वीत यदीच्छेत्संततिं ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

indukṣaye tu saṃkrāntyāmekādaśyāṃ śate kṛte | upavāsaṃ na kurvīta yadīcchetsaṃtatiṃ dhruvam

Translation

لكن عند نقصان القمر، وعند السَّنكرانتي، وفي يوم الإيكادشي—بعد إتمام مئة (من هذه المراسم)—لا ينبغي أن يُقدِم المرء على الصوم إن كان يرجو ذريةً ثابتةً مؤكَّدة.

Word by Word

• इन्दुक्षये: at the waning of the moon
• इन्दुक्षये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (moon’s waning/decline)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• संक्रान्त्याम्: on saṅkrānti
• संक्रान्त्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• शते: when (the count) is a hundred / at the hundredth (occasion)
• शते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• कृते: when done/when completed
• कृते: Kriya (Absolute/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘when done’ (locative absolute sense with शते)

• उपवासम्: fasting
• उपवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• कुर्वीत: should do/perform
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• इच्छेत्: should desire
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सन्ततिम्: progeny/continuity of lineage
• सन्ततिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly/firmly
• ध्रुवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as an adverbial accusative: certainly)

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple at Prabhāsa near the sea, holding a pañcāṅga while a learned brāhmaṇa indicates lunar waning and saṅkrānti; Somnātha temple silhouette and moon imagery suggest ‘indu-kṣaya’.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅkrānti
• Ekādaśī
• Upavāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerities are to be practiced with discernment; dharma supports both spiritual aims and the stability of household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This instruction appears within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, integrating vrata-dharma into the sacred culture of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A caution regarding upavāsa on specific lunar/solar occasions (including ekādaśī and saṅkrānti), especially after repeated observances, for one seeking assured progeny.