Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

उपवासं ततः कुर्यात्तस्मिन्नहनि भामिनि । रुक्मिणीं च प्रपश्येत नमस्कृत्य जनार्द्दनम्

Transliteration

upavāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāttasminnahani bhāmini | rukmiṇīṃ ca prapaśyeta namaskṛtya janārddanam

Translation

Dann, o Schöne, soll man an jenem Tag das Fasten (upavāsa) halten. Nachdem man sich vor Janārdana verneigt hat, soll man auch Rukmiṇī schauen.

Word by Word

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

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कुर्यात्: should do; should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• भामिनि: O fair lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• प्रपश्येत: should behold; should see
• प्रपश्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√पश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• नमस्कृत्य: having bowed; having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्√कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• जनार्द्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्द्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhāminī (female addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fasting pilgrim with folded hands bows to Janārdana in a coastal shrine, then proceeds to a nearby sanctum to behold Rukmiṇī; the atmosphere is restrained, pure, and devotional.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Rukmiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity through fasting and humility through prostration prepare one for transformative darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, with emphasis on the shrine(s) of Janārdana and Rukmiṇī in the Talasvāmi circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on the appointed day and darśana after bowing to Janārdana, along with viewing Rukmiṇī.