Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
नैरंतर्येण षण्मासान्विधिना यः प्रपूजयेत् । पुण्यं तदेव सफलं लभते विषुवार्चनात्
Transliteration
nairaṃtaryeṇa ṣaṇmāsānvidhinā yaḥ prapūjayet | puṇyaṃ tadeva saphalaṃ labhate viṣuvārcanāt
Translation
যে বিধিপূর্বক ছয় মাস নিরবচ্ছিন্ন পূজা করে, সে বিষুবদিনের আরাধনা দ্বারা সেই একই পুণ্য সম্পূর্ণ ফলসহ লাভ করে।
Word by Word
नैरन्तर्येणwith continuity, uninterruptedly
नैरन्तर्येण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनैरन्तर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular
षण्मासान्six months (as a period)
षण्मासान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootषण्मास (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + मास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural (duration)
विधिनाaccording to rule/rite
विधिना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, Nominative singular
प्रपूजयेत्should worship
प्रपूजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should worship
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshya (Correlative/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun, Nominative singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
सफलम्fruitful, effective
सफलम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसफल (प्रातिपदिक; स + फल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with 'पुण्यम्'
लभतेobtains
लभते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; obtains
विषुवार्चनात्from equinox-worship; by worship at the equinox
विषुवार्चनात्:
Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootविषुव + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; विषुव + अर्चन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular (cause/source)
Speaker
Śiva (as Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra praise context
Characters & Entities
V
Viṣuva (equinox)Ś
Śiva (Somnātha)FAQs
Sacred time can intensify spiritual fruit: a properly observed auspicious day can equal prolonged practice.
Prabhāsakṣetra, centered on Somnātha worship where time-based rites are praised.
Unbroken six-month worship by rule, and alternatively viṣuva (equinox) arcana as an equivalent merit-yielding observance.