Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

प्रायश्चित्तं न तस्यास्ति सशल्यं वासरं हरेः । ये कुर्वंति न ते यांति मन्वतरशतैर्दिवम्

Transliteration

prāyaścittaṃ na tasyāsti saśalyaṃ vāsaraṃ hareḥ | ye kurvaṃti na te yāṃti manvataraśatairdivam

Translation

ഹരിയുടെ പവിത്ര വാസരം ദോഷസഹിതമായി ആചരിക്കുന്നതിന് പ്രായശ്ചിത്തമില്ല. അങ്ങനെ ചെയ്യുന്നവർ നൂറു മന്വന്തരങ്ങൾ കഴിഞ്ഞാലും സ്വർഗ്ഗം പ്രാപിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (particle of negation)

• तस्य: of that (act/person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सशल्यम्: defective/impure
• सशल्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सशल्य (प्रातिपदिक; स+शल्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of vāsaram)

• वासरम्: day
• वासरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• कुर्वन्ति: do/perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मन्वतरशतैः: by (even) hundreds of manvantaras
• मन्वतरशतैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर+शत (प्रातिपदिक; मन्वन्तर-शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण/हेतुवाचक प्रयोग

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Gati-Karma (Goal as object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice; strong dharma-śāstra style warning)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark proclamation scene: an elder declares ‘no expiation’ for flawed Hari-vāsara; behind, a vast cosmic timeline (manvantara cycles) is depicted as turning wheels, yet a closed gate to svarga remains shut for the negligent observer.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes sincerity and correctness in worship; deliberate fault in sacred observance is presented as gravely harmful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, within the Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse on Hari/Kṛṣṇa worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do not observe Hari’s day in a saśalya (faulty) way; the verse stresses strict avoidance rather than expiation.