Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

चांद्रायणसहस्रं च करोत्येकः समाहितः । पश्यत्यन्यो हृषीकेशं चातुमास्यं समाहितः

Transliteration

cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraṃ ca karotyekaḥ samāhitaḥ | paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cātumāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ

Translation

ഒരാൾ സമാഹിതനായി സഹസ്ര ചാന്ദ്രായണ പ്രായശ്ചിത്തങ്ങൾ അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നു; മറ്റൊരാൾ സമാഹിതചിത്തനായി ചാതുർമാസ്യത്തിൽ ഹൃഷീകേശനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• cāṃdrāyaṇa-sahasram: a thousand Cāndrāyaṇa-vows
• cāṃdrāyaṇa-sahasram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāṃdrāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (cāṃdrāyaṇānāṃ sahasram)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ekaḥ: one (person)
• ekaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• samāhitaḥ: collected, composed (in mind)
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) → samāhita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• hṛṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)
• hṛṣīkeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संज्ञा (Viṣṇu)

• cātumāsyaṃ: the Cāturmāsya rite (four-month observance)
• cātumāsyaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cātumāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• samāhitaḥ: composed, concentrated
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) → samāhita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa-darśana (Cāturmāsya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic scale: on one side stacks of lunar-month icons representing repeated Cāndrāyaṇa vows; on the other a single luminous darśana of Hṛṣīkeśa by a calm devotee during monsoon Cāturmāsya, tipping the scale decisively.

Characters & Entities

• Cāndrāyaṇa
• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even vast penances and expiations find their summit in devotion that grants the Lord’s direct vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is named; the glorification centers on Cāturmāsya and Hṛṣīkeśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Cāndrāyaṇa penance (performed in large number) and the Cāturmāsya observance culminating in Hṛṣīkeśa-darśana.