Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठस्य पूर्णिमायां तु सावित्रीस्थलके शुभे । प्रदक्षिणा यः कुरुते फलदानैर्यथाविधि

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhasya pūrṇimāyāṃ tu sāvitrīsthalake śubhe | pradakṣiṇā yaḥ kurute phaladānairyathāvidhi

Translation

জ্যৈষ্ঠ পূর্ণিমায়, শুভ সাবিত্রীস্থলে, যে বিধিমতো ফল দান করে প্রদক্ষিণা করে—

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठस्य: of (the month) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मास-नाम (month-name)

• पूर्णिमायाम्: on the full-moon day
• पूर्णिमायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time-adhikaraṇa अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• सावित्रीस्थलके: at the Sāvitrī-spot (place)
• सावित्रीस्थलके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री-स्थलक (प्रातिपदिक; सावित्री + स्थलक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सावित्र्याः स्थलकम्)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सāvitrīsthalake)

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• फलदानैः: with gifts of fruit
• फलदानैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल-दान (प्रातिपदिक; फल + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (फलस्य दानम्)

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारार्थ (manner)

• विधि: rule/prescription
• विधि: Karma (Object within adverbial phrase)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे (यथाविधि = विधिं यथा)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīsthālaka

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Full-moon night of Jyeṣṭha: devotees circumambulate the Sāvitrī-spot holding trays of mangoes/bananas/coconuts; priests receive fruit-dāna; moonlight glints on nearby water and temple stones.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā
• Sāvitrī-sthalaka
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Phala-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (pūrṇimā) and sacred place (Sāvitrī-sthala) unite to amplify merit when practiced with proper observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāvitrī-sthalaka within the wider Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā, perform pradakṣiṇā at Sāvitrī-sthala and give fruits in charity according to rule.