Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति कर्त्तव्यं पूजनं प्रत्यहं च तत् । पलार्धेनापि विद्धं स्याद्भोक्तव्यं वासरे तव

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti karttavyaṃ pūjanaṃ pratyahaṃ ca tat | palārdhenāpi viddhaṃ syādbhoktavyaṃ vāsare tava

Translation

Von heute an soll diese Verehrung täglich vollzogen werden; und selbst wenn das Fasten schon um ein halbes pala «mangelhaft» wäre, soll man gemäß der Vorschrift dieser Observanz nur an Deinem heiligen Tag essen.

Word by Word

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (from today onwards)

• कर्त्तव्यम्: must be done
• कर्त्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/अनिवार्य अर्थे कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be done’

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रत्यहम्: daily
• प्रत्यहम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (every day)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; refers to ‘that (worship)’

• पलार्धेन: with half a pala (measure)
• पलार्धेन: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पल + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (पलस्य अर्धम्)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (even/also)

• विद्धम्: determined/marked
• विद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यध्/विध् (धातु) → विद्ध (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘pierced/marked’ (contextual: ‘measured/ascertained’)

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would be/should be’

• भोक्तव्यम्: is to be eaten
• भोक्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भोक्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/अनिवार्य अर्थे कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be eaten/consumed’

• वासरे: on the day
• वासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim stating a vow/discipline before Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual instruction within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee resolves before a shrine of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā to perform daily worship and to eat only on the Lord’s appointed day, holding a small measure (pala) as a symbol of strict vrata-measurement.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• pūjana
• vāsara
• pala (measure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily worship and careful observance of sacred-day discipline preserve the sanctity and fruit of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the devotional context where Kṛṣṇa’s worship and vrata-precision are taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily pūjā (pratyahaṃ pūjanam) and a rule about eating (bhoktavyam) tied to the Lord’s vāsara, with warning about even small defects (palārdha).