Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नोष्णत्वं द्विज राजे वै न शीतत्वं हुताशने । वैष्णवानां न पापत्वमेकादश्युपवासिनाम्

Transliteration

noṣṇatvaṃ dvija rāje vai na śītatvaṃ hutāśane | vaiṣṇavānāṃ na pāpatvamekādaśyupavāsinām

Translation

De même que la chaleur ne se sépare pas du feu, ni la fraîcheur de la lune, ainsi la souillure du péché n’appartient pas aux Vaiṣṇava qui jeûnent en Ekādaśī.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• uṣṇatvam: heat/hotness
• uṣṇatvam: Karman/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣṇatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dvija: O brāhmaṇa
• dvija: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rāje: in a king
• rāje: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Modifier (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• śītatvam: coldness
• śītatvam: Karman/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śītatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hutāśane: in fire
• hutāśane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (हुतं अश्नाति इति)

• vaiṣṇavānām: of Vaiṣṇavas
• vaiṣṇavānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• pāpatvam: sinfulness
• pāpatvam: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ekādaśī: of Ekādaśī
• ekādaśī: Purvapada (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समास-पूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• upavāsinām: of those who fast
• upavāsinām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (समासे उत्तरपद)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-rāja / king (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two emblematic vignettes: a flame radiating heat and a moon radiating coolness; between them, a Vaiṣṇava devotee on Ekādaśī with japa-mālā and tulasī, surrounded by a bright aura signifying absence of pāpa.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiṣṇava
• Ekādaśī
• Hutāśana (fire)
• Dvija-rāja (moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ekādaśī-upavāsa performed with Vaiṣṇava devotion is presented as intrinsically purifying and opposed to pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is specified; the verse teaches vrata-dharma within the Dwārakā-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of the Ekādaśī fast (upavāsa) as a Vaiṣṇava practice.