Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वैशाखपंचदश्यां तु भवो भावेन भूपते । पूज्यते शिवलोके तु स्थीयते ब्रह्मवासरम्

Transliteration

vaiśākhapaṃcadaśyāṃ tu bhavo bhāvena bhūpate | pūjyate śivaloke tu sthīyate brahmavāsaram

Translation

Or, le quinzième jour de Vaiśākha, ô roi, Bhava (Śiva) est vénéré avec ferveur; et dans le monde de Śiva, on demeure durant un « jour de Brahmā », immense durée divine.

Word by Word

• वैशाखपञ्चदश्याम्: on the fifteenth (tithi) of Vaiśākha
• वैशाखपञ्चदश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख + पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular); समासः (वैशाखस्य पञ्चदशी)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular); शिवनाम

• भावेन: with devotion/with feeling
• भावेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (present, 3rd sg, passive)

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular); समासः (शिवस्य लोकः)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः

• स्थीयते: one remains/is stationed
• स्थीयते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (present, 3rd sg, passive)

• ब्रह्मवासरम्: for a day of Brahmā (a Brahmā-day)
• ब्रह्मवासरम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + वासर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular); समासः (ब्रह्मणः वासरः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; verse addresses a king within the embedded narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (bhūpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā: full moon over the kṣetra; devotees worship Śiva (Bhava) with lamps, bilva leaves, water offerings; a vision of Śiva-loka opens—radiant Kailāsa-like realm indicating ‘Brahmā-day’ stay.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha (month)
• Pañcadaśī (15th tithi)
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Śiva-loka
• Brahmā (time-measure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhāva) sanctifies ritual; worship done with inner sincerity yields exalted, long-lasting spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Vastrāpatha-kṣetra; the verse highlights a calendrical observance within its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva (Bhava) should be worshipped on Vaiśākha Pañcadaśī with heartfelt devotion.