Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

पर्वस्वप्यर्चनं नास्ति चतुर्दश्यां विशेषतः

Transliteration

parvasvapyarcanaṃ nāsti caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

សូម្បីតែនៅថ្ងៃបុណ្យក៏គ្មានការអារចនា (បូជា) ឡើយ ជាពិសេសនៅថ្ងៃចតុរទសី (ថ្ងៃទី១៤)។

Word by Word

• पर्वसु: on festivals/holy days
• पर्वसु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (even/also)

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन (here as subject of ‘नास्ति’)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अवधारण (especially)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-marked festival day passes in silence: temple doors half-closed, no lamps, no offerings; the narrator points to the neglected caturdaśī as a grave omission.

Characters & Entities

• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglect of regular worship—especially on sacred tithis—signals dharmic decline and invites inauspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) as presented in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights the absence of arcana (worship), with emphasis on observance of Caturdaśī.