Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

कृत्वा जागरणं रात्रावुत्थाप्य मधुसूदनम् । द्वादशीभुक्तिमासाद्य कार्यं पारणकं नरैः

Transliteration

kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ rātrāvutthāpya madhusūdanam | dvādaśībhuktimāsādya kāryaṃ pāraṇakaṃ naraiḥ

Translation

Nachdem man in der Nacht die Vigil (jāgaraṇa) gehalten und dann Madhusūdana rituell „erweckt“ hat, sollen die Menschen, sobald die rechte Essenszeit am Dvādaśī erreicht ist, das pāraṇa, das Fastenbrechen, vollziehen.

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• जागरणम्: night-vigil
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• उत्थाप्य: having awakened/raised
• उत्थाप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having roused/caused to rise’

• मधुसूदनम्: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• मधुसूदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• द्वादशी-भुक्तिम्: the eating/meal on Dvādaśī
• द्वादशी-भुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक) + भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached/when it arrives
• आसाद्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having reached/obtained’

• कार्यम्: to be done/should be performed
• कार्यम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligative) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण ‘to be done’

• पारणकम्: the breaking of the fast (pāraṇa)
• पारणकम्: Karma (Thing to be done/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्तृस्थानी/विधेय), एकवचन

• नरैः: by men/people
• नरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (कर्तृ/करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unknown (Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims keep an all-night vigil before a Viṣṇu image; at dawn they perform utthāpana—ringing bells, offering lamps and tulasī—then prepare to take pāraṇa at the correct Dvādaśī time.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Dvādaśī
• Pāraṇa
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow bears fruit when completed correctly—devotion must be joined with proper timing and ritual completion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya of Prabhāsa; the verse highlights vrata-procedure rather than a separate tīrtha-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After jāgaraṇa and Madhusūdana-utthāpana, perform pāraṇa at the appropriate Dvādaśī eating-time.