Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां निराहारो यस्तं देवं प्रपश्यति । स पश्यति ध्रुवं स्थाने प्रत्यानन्तं हरेः पदम्

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro yastaṃ devaṃ prapaśyati | sa paśyati dhruvaṃ sthāne pratyānantaṃ hareḥ padam

Translation

من يصمْ في يوم إكادشي (Ekādaśī) ثم يُبصر تلك الألوهة—فإنه يرى يقينًا، في ذلك الموضع المقدّس بعينه، مقام هَري اللامتناهي الذي لا يفنى.

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the Ekādaśī (day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; काल-निर्देशे अधिकरणम् (time-locative)

• nirāhāraḥ: fasting; without food
• nirāhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tam: that (him)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म-निर्देशः

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• prapaśyati: beholds; sees clearly
• prapaśyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अन्वय-प्रदर्शक (correlative pronoun)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) निश्चयार्थे

• sthāne: in the place; in the station
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (place-locative)

• pratyānantam: endless in return; ever-unending
• pratyānantam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-ānanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (padam इति विशेष्य)

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (possessor)

• padam: abode; state; footstep
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Hari-darśana on Ekādaśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An Ekādaśī pilgrim, fasting and austere, stands before Hari’s image in Prabhāsa; behind the deity, a visionary opening reveals the boundless, imperishable abode—radiant, infinite, calm.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Hari (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fasting with devotion and taking darśana at a sanctified kṣetra leads the seeker toward Hari’s limitless, liberating state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the context of darśana at the Nārāyaṇa-gṛha (Nārāyaṇa’s shrine/abode).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī nirāhāra (fasting on Ekādaśī) combined with darśana of the deity.