Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

द्वादशी त्रिस्पृशानाम पापकोटिशतापहा । धन्याः सर्वे मनुष्यास्ते वैशाखे मधुसूदनी

Transliteration

dvādaśī trispṛśānāma pāpakoṭiśatāpahā | dhanyāḥ sarve manuṣyāste vaiśākhe madhusūdanī

Translation

La Dvādaśī nommée Trispṛśā anéantit des centaines de crores de péchés. Bienheureux sont tous les hommes qui l’obtiennent au mois de Vaiśākha, dans l’observance de Madhusūdana.

Word by Word

• द्वादशी: the Dvādaśī (12th tithi)
• द्वादशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (12th lunar day)

• त्रिस्पृशा: the ‘trispṛśā’ (touching three, special)
• त्रिस्पृशा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिस्पृशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; विशेषण (qualifying द्वादशी)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (नाम—‘by name/indeed’)

• पापकोटिशतापहा: remover of hundreds of crores of sins
• पापकोटिशतापहा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + कोटि + शत + अपहा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (पापानां कोटिशतं अपहन्ती)

• धन्याः: blessed
• धन्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; विशेषण (qualifying मनुष्याः)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; विशेषण

• मनुष्याः: people, humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Pronoun; Nominative plural

• वैशाखे: in Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• मधुसूदनी: (called) Madhusūdanī
• मधुसूदनी: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; apposition to द्वादशी (name)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trispṛśā Dvādaśī (within Vaiśākha Madhusūdanī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Trispṛśā Dvādaśī in Vaiśākha, devotees fast and worship Madhusūdana with lamps and tulasī; a sense of sins dissolving like darkness at dawn pervades the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Trispṛśā Dvādaśī
• Vaiśākha
• Madhusūdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred lunar days, approached with devotion in holy contexts, are praised as exceptionally potent for purification from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Dvārakā-māhātmya and frames the observance in the Dvārakā sacred context, though Dvārakā is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Trispṛśā Dvādaśī in the month of Vaiśākha (Madhusūdana-related observance); specific rites are not detailed in this verse.