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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

नित्यं निष्क्रामयेद्दीपं याव त्पञ्चदशी तिथिः । पञ्चदश्यां प्रकुर्वीत भूतमातुर्महोत्सवम् । तस्य गृहेश्वरं यावद्गृहे विघ्नं न जायते

Transliteration

nityaṃ niṣkrāmayeddīpaṃ yāva tpañcadaśī tithiḥ | pañcadaśyāṃ prakurvīta bhūtamāturmahotsavam | tasya gṛheśvaraṃ yāvadgṛhe vighnaṃ na jāyate

Translation

Täglich soll man die Lampe hinausbringen, bis der fünfzehnte Mondtag erreicht ist. Am fünfzehnten soll man das große Fest der Bhūtamātṛ vollziehen. Für jenen Hausherrn gilt: Solange er dort verweilt, entsteht in seinem Haus kein Hindernis.

Word by Word
नित्यम्daily/always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; adverb (accusative used adverbially)
निष्क्रामयेत्should take out/bring forth
निष्क्रामयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√क्रम् (धातु) (निस्-उपसर्ग, णिच् causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Causative optative 3rd sg
दीपम्the lamp
दीपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
यावत्until/as long as
यावत्:
Sambandha (Limit/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; limitative particle
पञ्चदशीthe fifteenth (lunar day)
पञ्चदशी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
तिथिःlunar day
तिथिः:
Karta (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (apposition)
पञ्चदश्याम्on the fifteenth day
पञ्चदश्याम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular
प्रकुर्वीतshould perform
प्रकुर्वीत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) (प्र-उपसर्ग)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative 3rd sg
भूतमातुःof Bhūtamātā (Mother of spirits)
भूतमातुः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभूतमातृ (प्रातिपदिक; भूत + मातृ)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular
महोत्सवम्a great festival
महोत्सवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक; महा + उत्सव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
तस्यof him/of that (man)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम; प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular
गृहेश्वरम्the lord/master of the house
गृहेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगृहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; गृह + ईश्वर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
यावत्until/as long as
यावत्:
Sambandha (Limit/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; limitative particle
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular
विघ्नम्an obstacle
विघ्नम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; negation particle
जायतेarises/is born
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present 3rd sg
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhūtamātṛ-utsava in Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like scene: each night a lamp is carried out; on the fifteenth day a grand Bhūtamātṛ festival unfolds with lamps, offerings, and a protected household free of obstacles.

Characters & Entities
D
Dīpa
P
Pañcadaśī
B
Bhūtamātṛ
V
Vighna

FAQs

Steady observance culminating in a sacred festival yields protective merit—removing obstacles from household life.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Bhūtamātṛ festival is framed as a locally potent dhārmic rite.

A daily lamp-taking rite up to the fifteenth tithi, culminating in the Bhūtamātṛ mahotsava, granting freedom from household impediments.

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