Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

त्रिस्पृशा वासरं येन कृतं जागरणान्वितम् । केशवस्य शरीरे तु स लीनो नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

trispṛśā vāsaraṃ yena kṛtaṃ jāgaraṇānvitam | keśavasya śarīre tu sa līno nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Celui qui observe le jour de Trispr̥śā avec la veille est absorbé dans l’être même de Keśava ; il n’y a là aucun doute.

Word by Word

• trispṛśā: by the tri-spṛśā observance
• trispṛśā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + spṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमासवत् (tri- ‘three’ + spṛśā ‘touching’), उपवास-विशेषवाचक (by the ‘three-touch’ observance)

• vāsaram: a day
• vāsaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (by whom/whereby)

• kṛtam: done; observed
• kṛtam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वासरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (done/observed)

• jāgaraṇānvitam: accompanied by vigil
• jāgaraṇānvitam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāgaraṇa + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः/उपपदसमासवत् (jāgaraṇena anvitaḥ)

• keśavasya: of Keśava
• keśavasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• śarīre: in the body (person)
• śarīre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• līnaḥ: merged; absorbed
• līnaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lī (धातु) + kta (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (merged/absorbed)

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (Trispr̥śā observance)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee awake through the night on Trispr̥śā, chanting Keśava’s names; at dawn, a luminous merging into Vishnu’s form is suggested—symbolic absorption into divine being.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Combining an auspicious lunar observance (Trispr̥śā) with jāgaraṇa is exalted as leading to union with Keśava.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā sacred setting frames the observance and its promised fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Trispr̥śā (tithi-based vrata) together with a night vigil (jāgaraṇa) for Keśava.