Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अथ किं बहुनोक्तेन विधानं तस्य कीर्त्तये । यस्मिन्कस्मिंश्च मासे वा शुक्ले सोमस्य वासरे

Transliteration

atha kiṃ bahunoktena vidhānaṃ tasya kīrttaye | yasminkasmiṃśca māse vā śukle somasya vāsare

Translation

ಇನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುವುದರಿಂದ ಏನು ಪ್ರಯೋಜನ? ಅದರ ವಿಧಿವಿಧಾನವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಯಾವ ಮಾಸದಲ್ಲಾದರೂ, ಶುಕ್ಲಪಕ್ಷದ ಸೋಮವಾರದಂದು।

Word by Word

• अथ: now; then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/प्रस्तावार्थकः particle: ‘now/then’)

• किम्: what (use)
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम; ‘किम्’ = ‘what (use)?’

• बहुना: with much (talk)
• बहुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/हेतुवाचक-प्रयोगः (‘with much [talk]’)

• उक्तेन: by what is said; by words
• उक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययः) — ‘said/statement’

• विधानम्: the procedure; rule
• विधानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विषय/प्रस्ताव्य (predicate noun)

• तस्य: of that (rite/thing)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• कीर्तये: for (its) praise/glorification
• कीर्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सम्प्रदानम् (dative: ‘for the sake of’)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative locative: ‘in which’)

• कस्मिन्: in whichever
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिश्चित-प्रयोगः (‘in whichever’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधकः)

• मासे: in a month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणम्

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थकः particle: ‘or’)

• शुक्ले: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्ले: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मासे इत्यस्य) — ‘in the bright (fortnight)’

• सोमस्य: of Soma; of Monday/moon
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• वासरे: on the day
• वासरे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-teacher pauses mid-discourse and announces the concise rule: in any month, on a bright-fortnight Monday, the rite is to be undertaken at Prabhāsa-Somnatha; the sea-breeze and temple silhouette frame the resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Somavāra (Monday)
• Śukla pakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is not only praised but also taught as a practical method; right timing and right procedure support right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, connecting ritual practice with the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The vow’s timing: it may be begun in any month, specifically on a Monday during the bright fortnight (śukla pakṣa).