Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

प्रतिपत्प्रभृति वैशाखे यावच्चतुर्दशीतिथिः । तावत्पूजा प्रकर्तव्या प्रेरणीप्रेक्षणीयकैः

Transliteration

pratipatprabhṛti vaiśākhe yāvaccaturdaśītithiḥ | tāvatpūjā prakartavyā preraṇīprekṣaṇīyakaiḥ

Translation

Vom ersten Mondtag im Monat Vaiśākha an bis zur vierzehnten Tithi soll während dieser ganzen Zeit die Verehrung vollzogen werden, zusammen mit den gebotenen Begleitobservanzen und der rechten rituellen Anordnung.

Word by Word

• प्रतिपत्-प्रभृति: starting from pratipat
• प्रतिपत्-प्रभृति: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रतिपत् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभृति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; आरम्भवाचक अव्यय (from the first lunar day onward)

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (Location in time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Limit/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (until/as far as)

• चतुर्दशी-तिथिः: the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशी-तिथिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक) + तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (चतुर्दशी एव तिथिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तावत्: for that duration
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तावदर्थक-अव्यय (correlative: for that long/so long)

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रकर्तव्या: to be performed
• प्रकर्तव्या: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तव्य-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘पूजा’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• प्रेरणी-प्रेक्षणीयकैः: by (those called) preraṇīs and prekṣaṇīyakas
• प्रेरणी-प्रेक्षणीयकैः: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेरणी (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेक्षणीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (प्रेरणी च प्रेक्षणीयकाः च), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Prabhāsa during bright fortnight of Vaiśākha, performing daily worship with arranged upacāras; a calendar-like progression from pratipat to caturdaśī, lamps and offerings laid out in orderly rows.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha
• Pratipat
• Caturdaśī
• Bhūtamātṛ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (kāla) sanctifies practice; sustained worship across prescribed tithis is presented as a dharmic discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this Vaiśākha observance is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the pūjā from Vaiśākha Pratipat through Caturdaśī, maintaining the necessary ritual preparations and observances.