Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तीर्थोपवासाद्देवेशि अधिकं नास्ति किञ्चन । पापानां चोपशमनं सतामीप्सितकारकम्

Transliteration

tīrthopavāsāddeveśi adhikaṃ nāsti kiñcana | pāpānāṃ copaśamanaṃ satāmīpsitakārakam

Translation

Ô Souveraine du Seigneur (Deveśī), rien n’est plus élevé que le jeûne en un tīrtha. Il apaise les péchés et accomplit ce que désirent les justes.

Word by Word

• तीर्थोपवासात्: from fasting at a sacred place
• तीर्थोपवासात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-उपवास (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तीर्थे (locative-sense) उपवासः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• देवेशि: O goddess (lady of the gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• अधिकम्: greater, more
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘किञ्चन’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अस्ति: exists, is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• किञ्चन: anything (at all)
• किञ्चन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• पापानाम्: of sins
• पापानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उपशमनम्: pacification, cessation
• उपशमनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपशमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• सताम्: of the good (people)
• सताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘साधूनाम्’ अर्थे

• ईप्सितकारकम्: that which accomplishes what is desired
• ईप्सितकारकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित-कारक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ईप्सितं (desired) करोतीति—उपशमनम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing 'deveśi')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Deveśī (addressed explicitly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional proclamation scene: the speaker addresses Deveśī; behind them, pilgrims fasting near Somnātha/Prabhāsa, with a visual motif of dark ‘sin’ clouds dissolving into clear sky, and a righteous devotee receiving a boon-like radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthopavāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fasting undertaken at a sacred site is portrayed as the highest practice—destroying sin and fulfilling noble aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tīrthas broadly, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrthopavāsa—fasting/abstinence performed at a tīrtha for purification and attainment of desired spiritual goals.