Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

चतुर्थ्यां शुक्लपक्षे च मासि भाद्रपदे तथा । तत्र संपूज्य देवेशं मोदकैर्भोजयेद्द्विजान्

Transliteration

caturthyāṃ śuklapakṣe ca māsi bhādrapade tathā | tatra saṃpūjya deveśaṃ modakairbhojayeddvijān

Translation

Am vierten Mondtag (Caturthī) der hellen Monatshälfte, im Monat Bhādrapada, soll man dort den Herrn nach gebührendem Ritus verehren und danach die Zweimalgeborenen (Brāhmaṇas) mit Modakas speisen.

Word by Word

• caturthyām: on the fourth lunar day
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक; तिथि-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• śuklapakṣe: in the bright fortnight
• śuklapakṣe: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla-pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक; शुक्ल + पक्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• bhādrapade: Bhādrapada (month)
• bhādrapade: Adhikarana (Time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhādrapada (प्रातिपदिक; मास-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/‘likewise’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb/देशवाचक)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-pūj (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerund); ‘having worshipped well’

• deveśam: the Lord of gods
• deveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-īśa (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• modakaiḥ: with modakas (sweet dumplings)
• modakaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: modaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• bhojayet: should feed
• bhojayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु; causative √bhuj → bhojaya)
• Form: णिजन्त (causative), विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dvijān: Brahmins
• dvijān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Vināyaka-caturthī observance

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festival day at Prabhāsa: devotees decorate a Vināyaka shrine, perform pūjā on Bhādrapada śukla-caturthī, and distribute modakas; brāhmaṇas sit in a row for bhojana, with lamps, flowers, and coastal light.

Characters & Entities

• Vighnarāja (Gaṇeśa)
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇas)
• Bhādrapada (month)
• Śukla-pakṣa
• Caturthī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with charity—worship and feeding the worthy—completes religious merit and pleases the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship is prescribed at Prabhāsakṣetra, in the sphere of Āśāpūra–Vighnarāja.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā on Bhādrapada Śukla Caturthī and feed brāhmaṇas with modakas.