Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

द्वादशीवेधसम्भूतं यत्त्वया पापमर्जितम् । कृष्णस्य दर्शनात्क्षीणं न जह्यं द्वादशीव्रतम्

Transliteration

dvādaśīvedhasambhūtaṃ yattvayā pāpamarjitam | kṛṣṇasya darśanātkṣīṇaṃ na jahyaṃ dvādaśīvratam

Translation

Welche Sünde du auch durch das vedha, das Dvādaśī befleckt, auf dich geladen hast—sie ist durch den Anblick (Darśana) Kṛṣṇas verzehrt. Darum gib das Dvādaśī‑Vrata nicht auf.

Word by Word

• dvādaśī-vedha-sambhūtam: arisen from dvādaśī-violation
• dvādaśī-vedha-sambhūtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + vedha (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhūta (कृदन्त; sam-√bhū)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त ‘सम्भूत’; तत्पुरुष (द्वादशी-वेधात् सम्भूतम्)

• yat: which (sin)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• arjitam: acquired/committed
• arjitam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arj (धा. अर्ज्) + arjita (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण/विधेय (acquired/committed)

• kṛṣṇasya: of Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• darśanāt: from seeing
• darśanāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु; Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• kṣīṇam: is exhausted/destroyed
• kṣīṇam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣi (धा. क्षि) + kṣīṇa (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय (is exhausted)

• na: do not
• na: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• jahyām: (you) should abandon
• jahyām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hā (धा. हा)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्-प्राय), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; निषेधेन सह ‘मा/न’—‘न जह्याः’ अर्थः

• dvādaśī-vratam: the Dvādaśī vow
• dvādaśī-vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (द्वादश्याः व्रतम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests an elder/teacher addressing 'putra' in the surrounding passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, worried about a Dvādaśī-vedha fault, beholds Kṛṣṇa; the fault is shown as a cracked chain falling away, while an elder instructs: ‘Do not abandon the Dvādaśī vow.’

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṛṣṇa’s darśana is portrayed as purifying, and one should not give up sacred vows due to fear after purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, through the Dvārakā Māhātmya context centered on Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continue the Dvādaśī vrata; do not abandon it even if a fault arose from tithi-vedha.