Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मद्भक्तोऽपि हि यो भूत्वा भुंक्त एकादशीदिने । मल्लिंगस्यार्चनं कार्यं न तेन पापबुद्धिना

Transliteration

madbhakto'pi hi yo bhūtvā bhuṃkta ekādaśīdine | malliṃgasyārcanaṃ kāryaṃ na tena pāpabuddhinā

Translation

وإن كان المرء من عبّادي، فإذا أكل في يوم إكاداشي (Ekādaśī) فلا ينبغي له أن يقيم عبادة لِنْغَتي؛ فإن مثل هذا ذو نية آثمة.

Word by Word

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• भक्तः: devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/also)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• भुङ्क्ते: eats/consumes
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एकादशी: on Ekādaśī
• एकादशी: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिने इति सह (in the day of Ekādaśī)

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कार्यम्: must be done
• कार्यम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + ण्यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate: ‘to be done’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation)

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पापबुद्धिना: with sinful intention
• पापबुद्धिना: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + बुद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य बुद्धिः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-arcana context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee approaches a Śiva-liṅga for worship on Ekādaśī; a sage/priest restrains him upon learning he has eaten; the liṅga remains radiant, emphasizing the sanctity of vrata-niyama and worship eligibility.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Śiva-liṅga (mat-liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship must be supported by vrata-discipline; devotion is validated through self-restraint and sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, though it concerns Ekādaśī conduct rather than a single named spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī vrata: do not eat on Ekādaśī; otherwise one is deemed unfit to perform liṅga-arcana in this teaching.