Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

चैत्रे मासि सिताष्टम्यां तत्र त्वां यदि पूजयेत् । एक विंशतिजन्मानि दारिद्र्यं तस्य नो भवेत्

Transliteration

caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ tatra tvāṃ yadi pūjayet | eka viṃśatijanmāni dāridryaṃ tasya no bhavet

Translation

Si, au mois de Caitra, le huitième jour lunaire de la quinzaine claire, quelqu’un t’adore là (à Prabhāsa), alors, durant vingt et une naissances, la pauvreté ne s’abattra pas sur ce dévot.

Word by Word

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; (locative: ‘in Caitra’)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (locative singular)

• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: on the bright eighth (tithi)
• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिता (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘सिता अष्टमी’ = bright-half eighth day); (locative: ‘on the bright eighth’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; (accusative: ‘you’)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle ‘if’)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (should worship)

• एक: one
• एक: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (in compound)

• विंशति-जन्मानि: (for) twenty-one births
• विंशति-जन्मानि: Karma (Extent/Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (‘एकविंशति’ = 21); (accusative plural: ‘(for) twenty-one births’)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (nominative singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (genitive: ‘of him’)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (would be/should occur)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed) / implied audience of pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Prabhāsa offers flowers, lamp, and incense to the Devī on Caitra śukla aṣṭamī; the kṣetra glows as Lakṣmī-like abundance is promised across births.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra
• Śuklāṣṭamī
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship at a famed tīrtha on an auspicious tithi is said to transform one’s karmic condition, even removing long-standing scarcity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā (worship) at Prabhāsa on Caitra month’s bright eighth day (śuklāṣṭamī).