Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यश्चैनं पूजयेद्भक्त्या माघे मासि निरंतरम् । सर्वेषां वै क्रतूनां च दानानां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

yaścainaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā māghe māsi niraṃtaram | sarveṣāṃ vai kratūnāṃ ca dānānāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

മാഘമാസത്തിൽ നിരന്തരം ഭക്തിയോടെ അവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ, സർവ്വ യാഗങ്ങളുടെയും സർവ്വ ദാനങ്ങളുടെയും ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• एनम्: this (liṅga), him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular (‘this/him’)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — should worship; परस्मैपदम्

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular (month-name)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• निरन्तरम्: continuously, without break
• निरन्तरम्: Adhikarana (Manner/रीत्यधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘continuously’

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphatic particle

• क्रतूनाम्: of sacrifices
• क्रतूनाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• दानानाम्: of gifts/charities
• दानानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — obtains; आत्मनेपदम्

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

Speaker

Śiva (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāśupateśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A month-long sequence implied: devotees returning daily in Māgha, offering bilva and lamps to the liṅga; visual motif of many sacrificial fires and charity acts symbolically converging into one shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (month)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-point devotional worship, especially in a sacred month, can equal the merit of many elaborate rites and charities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, to be worshipped particularly in Māgha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous worship (niraṃtaram pūjā) during the month of Māgha.