Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

कार्त्तिके मास्यमावास्यां यस्तु दीपप्रदीपनम् । शालायां ब्रह्मणः कुर्यात्स गच्छेत्परमं पदम्

Transliteration

kārttike māsyamāvāsyāṃ yastu dīpapradīpanam | śālāyāṃ brahmaṇaḥ kuryātsa gacchetparamaṃ padam

Translation

കാർത്തിക മാസത്തിലെ അമാവാസ്യദിനത്തിൽ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ ശാലയിൽ ദീപം തെളിയിക്കുന്നവൻ പരമപദം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• kārttike: in (the month of) Kārttika
• kārttike: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time locus अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārttika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• amāvāsyāṃ: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• dīpa-pradīpanam: lighting a lamp
• dīpa-pradīpanam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradīpana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन; षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थः—दीपस्य प्रदीपनम् (lighting of a lamp)

• śālāyāṃ: in the hall/temple
• śālāyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative/विध्यर्थ); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• gacchet: would go/attain
• gacchet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम्—पदम्

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmā-śālā (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of amāvāsyā in Kārttika: Brahmā’s hall glows with rows of lamps; devotees place lamps along pillars and thresholds; the darkness outside contrasts with a radiant inner sanctum, suggesting ascent to the supreme state.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika (month)
• Amāvāsyā
• Brahmā
• Dīpa (lamp)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kārttika devotion through light-offerings is presented as a direct path to exalted spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically Brahmā’s śālā (hall) where lamp-lighting is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Kārttika Amāvāsyā, perform dīpa-pradīpana (lighting lamps) in Brahmā’s hall.