Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

नैरंतर्येण षण्मासान्विधिना यः प्रपूजयेत् । पुण्यं तदेव सफलं लभते विषुवार्चनात्

Transliteration

nairaṃtaryeṇa ṣaṇmāsānvidhinā yaḥ prapūjayet | puṇyaṃ tadeva saphalaṃ labhate viṣuvārcanāt

Translation

Wer sechs Monate lang ununterbrochen nach rechter Vorschrift verehrt, erlangt eben dasselbe Verdienst—zur vollen Frucht gereift—durch die Verehrung am Tag der Tagundnachtgleiche.

Word by Word

• नैरन्तर्येण: with continuity, uninterruptedly
• नैरन्तर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरन्तर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• षण्मासान्: six months (as a period)
• षण्मासान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्मास (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + मास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural (duration)

• विधिना: according to rule/rite
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, Nominative singular

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should worship

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshya (Correlative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun, Nominative singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• सफलम्: fruitful, effective
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक; स + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with 'पुण्यम्'

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; obtains

• विषुवार्चनात्: from equinox-worship; by worship at the equinox
• विषुवार्चनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषुव + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; विषुव + अर्चन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular (cause/source)

Speaker

Śiva (as Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra praise context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotional timelines contrasted: a calendar-like band showing daily worship for six months, and a radiant equinox day where the sun is balanced, with a single intense pūjā at Somnātha yielding ‘saphala’ merit.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣuva (equinox)
• Śiva (Somnātha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time can intensify spiritual fruit: a properly observed auspicious day can equal prolonged practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, centered on Somnātha worship where time-based rites are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Unbroken six-month worship by rule, and alternatively viṣuva (equinox) arcana as an equivalent merit-yielding observance.