Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

श्रावणे शुक्लपञ्चम्यामष्टम्यामाश्विनस्य च । यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या बलिपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात्

Transliteration

śrāvaṇe śuklapañcamyāmaṣṭamyāmāśvinasya ca | yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā balipuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt

Translation

Im Monat Śrāvaṇa am fünften Tag der hellen Hälfte und im Monat Āśvina ebenso am achten—wer ihn in Hingabe verehrt und der rechten Ordnung gemäß bali, Blumen und dergleichen darbringt—

Word by Word

• śrāvaṇe: in (the month of) Śrāvaṇa
• śrāvaṇe: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• śukla-pañcamyām: on the bright-fortnight fifth (tithi)
• śukla-pañcamyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pañcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘शुक्ला पञ्चमी’

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (tithi)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• āśvinasya: of (the month) Āśvina
• āśvinasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• bali-puṣpa-ādibhiḥ: with offerings, flowers, and the like
• bali-puṣpa-ādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समाहार/सूचीवाचक तत्पुरुष—‘बलि, पुष्प आदि’ (with offerings, flowers, etc.)

• kramāt: in order, duly
• kramāt: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial: in due order)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṃkālabhairava-kṣetra-pāla at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees on specified lunar days approach Kaṃkālabhairava with devotion, presenting bali and flowers in prescribed sequence, lamps flickering at the shrine threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Kaṃkālabhairava
• Śrāvaṇa (month)
• Āśvina (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through timely, orderly worship aligns the devotee with the protective power of the kṣetrapāla.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the prescribed worship of its guardian Kaṃkālabhairava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on Śrāvaṇa-śukla-pañcamī and Āśvina-aṣṭamī with bali, flowers, and related offerings in proper sequence.