Shloka 37 - Adhyaya 205 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | German | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

शुक्लत्रयोदशी माघे कार्त्तिकस्य च सप्तमी । कार्त्तिकी फाल्गुनी चैत्री ज्यैष्ठी पञ्चदशीति च । मन्वन्तराः स्मृता ह्येता दत्तस्याक्षयकारिकाः

Transliteration

śuklatrayodaśī māghe kārttikasya ca saptamī | kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśīti ca | manvantarāḥ smṛtā hyetā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ

Translation

Māgha Śukla Trayodaśī und ebenso der siebte Tithi des Kārttika; ferner die Vollmondtage (pūrṇimā) in Kārttika, Phālguna, Caitra und Jyaiṣṭha—diese gelten als „Manvantara‑Tage“, die das Dāna akṣaya, unerschöpflich fruchtbar, machen.

Word by Word

śukla-trayodaśīthe bright-fortnight thirteenth (tithi)

māghein (the month of) Māgha

kārttikasyaof Kārttika

caand

saptamīthe seventh (tithi)

kārttikī(the one) in Kārttika

phālgunī(the one) in Phālguna

caitrī(the one) in Caitra

jyaiṣṭhī(the one) in Jyaiṣṭha

pañcadaśīthe fifteenth (tithi)

itithus / so-called

caand

manvantarāḥManvantara periods

smṛtāḥare remembered/are said

hiindeed

etāḥthese

dattasyaof a gift / of giving

akṣaya-kārikāḥcausing imperishability (bringing inexhaustible merit)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa Māhātmya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Manvantarādi tithis (as listed)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Full-moon nights at a coastal kṣetra: lamps float on water, pilgrims queue for darśana, donors distribute food and cloth; the moonlight symbolizes ‘inexhaustible’ merit.

Characters & Entities

Māgha

Kārttika

Phālguna

Caitra

Jyaiṣṭha

Manvantara

Dāna

Paurṇamāsī/Pañcadaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed on specially consecrated tithis becomes ‘akṣaya’—its merit does not diminish but continues to support the giver spiritually.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is situated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where acts done in/with remembrance of Prabhāsa are portrayed as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes/commends giving (dāna) on listed tithis—Trayodaśī, Saptamī, and key Pañcadaśī (Pūrṇimā) days—stating that such gifts yield inexhaustible merit.