Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

इन्दुक्षये तु संक्रान्त्यामेकादश्यां शते कृते । उपवासं न कुर्वीत यदीच्छेत्संततिं ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

indukṣaye tu saṃkrāntyāmekādaśyāṃ śate kṛte | upavāsaṃ na kurvīta yadīcchetsaṃtatiṃ dhruvam

Translation

Doch beim Abnehmen des Mondes, zur Saṅkrānti und am Ekādaśī-Tag—nach Vollendung von hundert (solchen Observanzen)—soll man kein Fasten (upavāsa) auf sich nehmen, wenn man sichere Nachkommenschaft begehrt.

Word by Word

• इन्दुक्षये: at the waning of the moon
• इन्दुक्षये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (moon’s waning/decline)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• संक्रान्त्याम्: on saṅkrānti
• संक्रान्त्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• शते: when (the count) is a hundred / at the hundredth (occasion)
• शते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• कृते: when done/when completed
• कृते: Kriya (Absolute/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘when done’ (locative absolute sense with शते)

• उपवासम्: fasting
• उपवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• कुर्वीत: should do/perform
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• इच्छेत्: should desire
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सन्ततिम्: progeny/continuity of lineage
• सन्ततिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly/firmly
• ध्रुवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as an adverbial accusative: certainly)

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple at Prabhāsa near the sea, holding a pañcāṅga while a learned brāhmaṇa indicates lunar waning and saṅkrānti; Somnātha temple silhouette and moon imagery suggest ‘indu-kṣaya’.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅkrānti
• Ekādaśī
• Upavāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerities are to be practiced with discernment; dharma supports both spiritual aims and the stability of household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This instruction appears within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, integrating vrata-dharma into the sacred culture of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A caution regarding upavāsa on specific lunar/solar occasions (including ekādaśī and saṅkrānti), especially after repeated observances, for one seeking assured progeny.