Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

रोहिणीसहिता ये न द्वादशी समुपोषिता । महापातकसंयुक्तः कल्पांते नाकमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

rohiṇīsahitā ye na dvādaśī samupoṣitā | mahāpātakasaṃyuktaḥ kalpāṃte nākamāpnuyāt

Translation

Wer am Dvādaśī, wenn er mit der Nakṣatra Rohiṇī verbunden ist, nicht ordnungsgemäß fastet, bleibt mit schweren Sünden behaftet und erlangt selbst am Ende eines Kalpa nicht den Himmel.

Word by Word

• rohiṇī-sahitā: accompanied by Rohiṇī
• rohiṇī-sahitā: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rohiṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (कृदन्त; √sah (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रोहिण्या सहिताः/सहिता); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (dvādaśī)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• dvādaśī: the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• dvādaśī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन (उपोषिता इत्यस्य कर्म)

• samupoṣitā: (has been) fasted/observed as a fast
• samupoṣitā: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upoṣita (कृदन्त; sam- + upa- + √vas/√uṣ? 'उपवसति' from √vas (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त; कर्मणि/भावे), स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; 'उपोषिता (अस्ति)'—past passive participle used predicatively

• mahā-pātaka-saṃyuktaḥ: associated with great sins
• mahā-pātaka-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त; sam- + √yuj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महापातकेन संयुक्तः); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ understood)

• kalpa-ante: at the end of the aeon
• kalpa-ante: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कल्पस्य अन्ते); पुल्लिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन

• nākam: heaven
• nākam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; निषेधेन सह—'न ... आप्नुयात्'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a pañcāṅga and temple lamp, realizing the Rohiṇī–Dvādaśī conjunction; the scene contrasts disciplined fasting with the shadow of Yama’s realm implied by neglect.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśī
• Rohiṇī (nakṣatra)
• Nāka (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglect of a highly sanctified vrata-time (Dvādaśī with Rohiṇī) is warned against as spiritually damaging.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears within Dvārakā-māhātmya, framing vrata-observance as part of Dvārakā’s sacred discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe a proper fast on Dvādaśī, especially when it coincides with Rohiṇī nakṣatra.