Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

वसाना श्वेतवस्त्रं च विष्णुभक्तिपरायणा । मासोपवासनिरता यानि तीर्थान्यनेकशः

Transliteration

vasānā śvetavastraṃ ca viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇā | māsopavāsaniratā yāni tīrthānyanekaśaḥ

Translation

Vêtue de blanc et tout entière vouée à la bhakti de Viṣṇu, je m’appliquai aux jeûnes mensuels et entrepris, maintes et maintes fois, des pèlerinages vers de nombreux tīrthas, gués sacrés.

Word by Word

• वसाना: wearing
• वसाना: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस् (धातु) → वसान (कृदन्त-शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्वेतवस्त्रम्: white garment
• श्वेतवस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: श्वेतं वस्त्रम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विष्णुभक्तिपरायणा: devoted to devotion to Vishnu
• विष्णुभक्तिपरायणा: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: विष्णौ भक्तिः यस्याः सा / विष्णुभक्तौ परायणा

• मासोपवासनिरता: engaged in monthly fasting
• मासोपवासनिरता: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक) + उपवास (प्रातिपदिक) + निरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: मासोपवासे निरता

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: many times / in many ways
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/बहुधा-अर्थक अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (same narrator to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted pilgrim in white garments, hands in añjali, moving from one tīrtha to another with a small retinue; sacred markers—flags, ghats, and distant temple silhouettes—suggest repeated yātrā and monthly fasting discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grief is transformed into sādhanā through bhakti, vrata (fasting), and tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse broadly praises repeated tīrtha-visitation within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Monthly fasting (māsopavāsa) and observance of devotional discipline (white garments, bhakti).