Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां जिताहारो यस्तं देवि प्रपूजयेत् । माघेमासे विशेषेण सोऽग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ jitāhāro yastaṃ devi prapūjayet | māghemāse viśeṣeṇa so'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Au jour d’Ekādaśī, quiconque, maître de son alimentation, le vénère, ô Déesse, obtient le fruit du sacrifice Agniṣṭoma, surtout durant le mois de Māgha.

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the Ekādaśī (day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• jitāhāraḥ: having controlled diet
• jitāhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त, √ji जि ‘to conquer’) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारयवत् प्रयोगः): ‘जितः आहारः यस्य सः’ (one whose food-intake is controlled)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter as context), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (धातु ‘to worship’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• māghe: in Māgha (month)
• māghe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• māse: in the month
• māse: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), तृतीया-प्रयोगेण क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial instrumental): ‘especially’

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

• agniṣṭoma-phalam: the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• agniṣṭoma-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘अग्निष्टोमस्य फलम्’

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु ‘to obtain’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-sthāna (mukti-prada) in Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on Ekādaśī, modestly dressed, practicing jitāhāra, offers tulasī and lamps to Hari in a coastal Prabhāsa temple; a subtle sacrificial fire motif appears symbolically to indicate Agniṣṭoma fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Māgha-māsa
• Agniṣṭoma
• Hari (Mokṣasvāmi)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship with self-restraint can confer sacrificial merit, showing bhakti as a powerful dharmic means.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Mokṣasvāmi/Hari shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Ekādaśī with controlled diet (jitāhāra) and perform worship; Māgha is highlighted as especially efficacious.