Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

युगादिषु च संपूज्य ह्ययने दक्षिणोत्तरे । आषाढज्येष्ठमाघेषु पौषादिद्वादशीषु च

Transliteration

yugādiṣu ca saṃpūjya hyayane dakṣiṇottare | āṣāḍhajyeṣṭhamāgheṣu pauṣādidvādaśīṣu ca

Translation

By duly worshipping the Lord on Yugādi days, at the southern and northern solstices, in the months of Āṣāḍha, Jyeṣṭha, and Māgha, and on the Dvādaśī observances beginning with those of Pauṣa, one gains great merit.

Word by Word

• युगादिषु: in the Yugādi occasions (beginning-of-yuga days)
• युगादिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; युगादि-शब्दः (युगादिषु = युगादि-कालेषु)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped well
• संपूज्य: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having duly worshipped’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अयने: in the ayana (solstitial period)
• अयने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अयने = अयनकाले (at the solstice/ayana period)

• दक्षिणोत्तरे: southern and northern (i.e., Dakṣiṇāyana and Uttarāyana)
• दक्षिणोत्तरे: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः; अयने इति विशेषणम् (in the southern and northern [ayana])

• आषाढज्येष्ठमाघेषु: in (the months) Āṣāḍha, Jyeṣṭha, and Māgha
• आषाढज्येष्ठमाघेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ + ज्येष्ठ + माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः; मासेषु (in the months of Āṣāḍha, Jyeṣṭha, Māgha)

• पौषादिद्वादशीषु: on the Dvādashī days starting with (those in) Pauṣa
• पौषादिद्वादशीषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौष + आदि + द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; पौषादि-द्वादशी (Dvādashīs beginning with Pauṣa)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendrical montage: devotees worship at solstice sunrise, on yugādi, and on Dvādaśī; the sun’s northward/southward course is symbolized above the Dvārakā shrine, indicating cosmic time aligning with devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Yugādi
• Dakṣiṇāyana
• Uttarāyaṇa
• Āṣāḍha
• Jyeṣṭha
• Māgha
• Dvādaśī
• Pauṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma sanctifies time: worship performed on cosmically significant days and months multiplies merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā-Gomati sacred field where Bhagavat worship is being taught in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform saṃpūjā on Yugādi occasions, during both ayanas (solstices), and on prescribed months and Dvādaśī observances.