Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

न निवर्तति कालेन दामोदरपुरं व्रजेत् । करोत्यनशनं यश्च नरो नार्यथवा पुनः । सर्व लोकानतिक्रम्य स हरेर्गेहमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

na nivartati kālena dāmodarapuraṃ vrajet | karotyanaśanaṃ yaśca naro nāryathavā punaḥ | sarva lokānatikramya sa harergehamāpnuyāt

Translation

Er kehrt nicht mehr zur bestimmten Zeit zurück, sondern gelangt in die Stadt Dāmodaras. Wer—Mann oder Frau—vollständiges Fasten (anāśana) übt und alle Welten übersteigt, erreicht die Wohnstatt Haris selbst.

Word by Word

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

• nivartati: returns
• nivartati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘returns/turns back’

• kālena: by time / with time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे—‘by/with time’

• dāmodara-puram: Dāmodara’s city
• dāmodara-puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāmodara (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘दामोदरस्य पुरम्’

• vrajet: should go
• vrajet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should go’

• karoti: does / performs
• karoti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anaśanam: fasting (complete abstinence)
• anaśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anaśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘fasting (not eating)’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘woman’ (elliptically coordinated with naraḥ)

• athavā: or
• athavā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• punaḥ: again / also
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (again/also)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘all’—lokān इति विशेषणम्

• lokān: worlds
• lokān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• atikramya: having transcended
• atikramya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati√kram (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund): ‘having crossed/overstepped’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अन्वय—‘he’

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• geham: abode/house
• geham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would attain’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim (man or woman) performing complete fasting at a sacred spot of Vastrāpatha, mind fixed on Dāmodara; above, a luminous path through successive worlds culminating in Hari’s radiant city (Vaikuṇṭha-like).

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense devotion expressed through disciplined fasting is portrayed as a direct path to Hari’s supreme abode beyond worldly return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dāmodarapura (the divine city associated with Dāmodara) within the Prabhāsa/Vastrāpatha sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anaśana: undertaking complete fasting as a vrata, stated to be open to both men and women.