Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यश्चैनं पूजयेद्भक्त्या माघे मासि निरंतरम् । सर्वेषां वै क्रतूनां च दानानां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

yaścainaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā māghe māsi niraṃtaram | sarveṣāṃ vai kratūnāṃ ca dānānāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

Quiconque l’adore avec une dévotion ininterrompue durant le mois de Māgha obtient le fruit de tous les sacrifices et de toutes les aumônes.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• एनम्: this (liṅga), him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular (‘this/him’)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — should worship; परस्मैपदम्

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular (month-name)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• निरन्तरम्: continuously, without break
• निरन्तरम्: Adhikarana (Manner/रीत्यधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘continuously’

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphatic particle

• क्रतूनाम्: of sacrifices
• क्रतूनाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• दानानाम्: of gifts/charities
• दानानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — obtains; आत्मनेपदम्

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

Speaker

Śiva (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāśupateśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A month-long sequence implied: devotees returning daily in Māgha, offering bilva and lamps to the liṅga; visual motif of many sacrificial fires and charity acts symbolically converging into one shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (month)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-point devotional worship, especially in a sacred month, can equal the merit of many elaborate rites and charities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, to be worshipped particularly in Māgha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous worship (niraṃtaram pūjā) during the month of Māgha.