Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एकैकेनोपवासेन कोटिकोटि पृथक्पृथक् । लभते तत्फलं सर्वं विष्णुक्षेत्रप्रभावतः

Transliteration

ekaikenopavāsena koṭikoṭi pṛthakpṛthak | labhate tatphalaṃ sarvaṃ viṣṇukṣetraprabhāvataḥ

Translation

Par chaque jeûne (accompli en ce lieu), on obtient tout ce mérite, distinctement, par millions et millions—grâce à la puissance extraordinaire du kṣetra sacré de Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• एकैकेन: by each single (one)
• एकैकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-एक (प्रातिपदिक; पुनरुक्त-समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्त-समासः (each one, one by one)

• उपवासेन: by fasting
• उपवासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचनम्

• कोटि-कोटि: crores and crores (of)
• कोटि-कोटि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि-कोटि (प्रातिपदिक; पुनरुक्त-समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभाववत् परिमाणार्थे (crores upon crores)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरुक्त्या बलवत्त्वम् (emphatic repetition)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person) एकवचनम्

• तत्-फलम्: that fruit (result)
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (its fruit/result)

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचनम्; कर्मविशेषणम्

• विष्णु-क्षेत्र-प्रभावतः: due to the power of Viṣṇu’s sacred field
• विष्णु-क्षेत्र-प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय, अव्ययार्थ)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्ययम् (ablatival adverb: 'because of/from'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (of Viṣṇu’s sacred field)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration commonly via Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viṣṇu-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical visualization of merit multiplying: each act of fasting appears as a single seed that blossoms into countless radiant lotuses around the Viṣṇu shrine, signifying ‘koti-koti’ fruits due to kṣetra power.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography multiplies merit: a small vow in a powerful kṣetra yields vast spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viṣṇu-kṣetra identified within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa as a Viṣṇu-associated holy field).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting), with emphasis that even a single fast gains immense merit in Viṣṇu’s kṣetra.