Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

नवसप्ततिवर्षाणि न कृतं वासरे मम । संपूर्णं मत्प्रसादेन तव जातं न संशयः

Transliteration

navasaptativarṣāṇi na kṛtaṃ vāsare mama | saṃpūrṇaṃ matprasādena tava jātaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Neunundsiebzig Jahre lang hast du die Observanz an Meinem heiligen Tag nicht vollzogen. Doch durch Meine Gnade ist sie für dich vollendet worden—ohne jeden Zweifel.

Word by Word

• नवसप्ततिवर्षाणि: seventy-nine years
• नवसप्ततिवर्षाणि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (नवसप्ततिः = 79) + तत्पुरुष (नवसप्तत्याः वर्षाणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन (duration)

• न: not
• न: Negation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya/Predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) ‘done’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव

• वासरे: in a day
• वासरे: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• संपूर्णम्: complete
• संपूर्णम्: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• मत्प्रसादेन: by my grace
• मत्प्रसादेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-समास-रूप) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• जातम्: has happened
• जातम्: Kriya/Predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘arisen/come to be’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भाव (with implied ‘is’)

• न: no; not
• न: Negation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable brāhmaṇa stands with folded hands before the Lord in Dvārakā; the Lord speaks words of assurance that a long-neglected sacred-day observance is fulfilled by divine grace.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can restore what was lacking when devotion is genuine; mercy is central to the Māhātmya’s theology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s grace is presented as directly operative for devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse alludes to observing Kṛṣṇa’s sacred day (vāsara); it highlights fulfillment through grace rather than detailing procedure.