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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

एकादश्यां निराहारो यस्तं देवं प्रपश्यति । स पश्यति ध्रुवं स्थाने प्रत्यानन्तं हरेः पदम्

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro yastaṃ devaṃ prapaśyati | sa paśyati dhruvaṃ sthāne pratyānantaṃ hareḥ padam

Barang siapa pada hari Ekādaśī berpuasa dan memandang Dewa itu, ia sungguh menyaksikan, di tempat suci itu juga, kediaman Hari yang tak bertepi dan tak binasa.

ekādaśyāmon the Ekādaśī (day)
ekādaśyām:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; काल-निर्देशे अधिकरणम् (time-locative)
nirāhāraḥfasting; without food
nirāhāraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir-āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
tamthat (him)
tam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म-निर्देशः
devamthe god
devam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म
prapaśyatibeholds; sees clearly
prapaśyati:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√dṛś (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अन्वय-प्रदर्शक (correlative pronoun)
paśyatisees
paśyati:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
dhruvamcertainly
dhruvam:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb) निश्चयार्थे
sthānein the place; in the station
sthāne:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (place-locative)
pratyānantamendless in return; ever-unending
pratyānantam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootprati-ānanta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (padam इति विशेष्य)
hareḥof Hari
hareḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (possessor)
padamabode; state; footstep
padam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Hari-darśana on Ekādaśī)

Type: kshetra

Scene: An Ekādaśī pilgrim, fasting and austere, stands before Hari’s image in Prabhāsa; behind the deity, a visionary opening reveals the boundless, imperishable abode—radiant, infinite, calm.

E
Ekādaśī
H
Hari (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)

FAQs

Fasting with devotion and taking darśana at a sanctified kṣetra leads the seeker toward Hari’s limitless, liberating state.

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the context of darśana at the Nārāyaṇa-gṛha (Nārāyaṇa’s shrine/abode).

Ekādaśī nirāhāra (fasting on Ekādaśī) combined with darśana of the deity.