Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त्वया पुनरिदं कार्य्यं स्मर्त्तव्यो गरुडध्वजः । एकादश्यां न भोक्तव्यं कर्तव्यं जागरं सदा

Transliteration

tvayā punaridaṃ kāryyaṃ smarttavyo garuḍadhvajaḥ | ekādaśyāṃ na bhoktavyaṃ kartavyaṃ jāgaraṃ sadā

Translation

Ainsi dois-tu faire ceci : souviens-toi du Seigneur dont l’étendard est Garuḍa ; au jour d’Ekādaśī, il ne faut pas manger, et l’on doit toujours accomplir la veille (jāgara).

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Agent-instrument (करण/कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: to be done
• कार्यम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ (धातु) + ण्यत्)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicative)

• स्मर्तव्यः: to be remembered
• स्मर्तव्यः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गरुडध्वजः: He whose banner is Garuḍa (Viṣṇu)
• गरुडध्वजः: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—गरुडः ध्वजः यस्य सः (विष्णुः)

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• भोक्तव्यम्: to be eaten (should eat)
• भोक्तव्यम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √भुज् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निषेधार्थे

• कर्तव्यम्: to be done
• कर्तव्यम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जागरम्: vigil (night-wake)
• जागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (speaker not explicit in snippet; within Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (mahīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Dvārakā remembers Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa), abstains from food on Ekādaśī, and keeps a lamp-lit vigil through the night with kīrtana and japa near the temple/ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu)
• Ekādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular remembrance of Viṣṇu, combined with Ekādaśī discipline, is upheld as a direct and dependable dharmic path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where these Vaiṣṇava observances are taught within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī upavāsa (not eating) and performing jāgaraṇa (night vigil), with smaraṇa of Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu).