Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

राज्यं निष्कण्टकं प्राप्तं समृद्धं वरवर्णिनि । एतत्प्रभासमाहात्म्यं शिवरात्रेरुपोषणात् । एतत्फलं मया लब्धं गत्वा तस्मादुपोषये

Transliteration

rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ prāptaṃ samṛddhaṃ varavarṇini | etatprabhāsamāhātmyaṃ śivarātrerupoṣaṇāt | etatphalaṃ mayā labdhaṃ gatvā tasmādupoṣaye

Translation

ഹേ സുന്ദരീ! എനിക്ക് കണ്ഠകരഹിതവും സമൃദ്ധവുമായ രാജ്യം ലഭിച്ചു. ശിവരാത്രിയിലെ ഉപവാസം കൊണ്ടാണ് പ്രഭാസത്തിന്റെ ഈ മഹാത്മ്യം തെളിയുന്നത്. ഈ ഫലം ഞാൻ നേടി; അതുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ അവിടെ ചെന്നു ഉപവാസം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കും।

Word by Word

• rājyam: kingdom, sovereignty
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg

• niṣkaṇṭakam: free of thorns/obstacles
• niṣkaṇṭakam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ + kaṇṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg; समासः—नञ्/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (kaṇṭaka-rahitam)

• prāptam: obtained, attained
• prāptam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√āp (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicative ‘was obtained’; past participle, neuter nom/acc sg

• samṛddham: prosperous, flourishing
• samṛddham: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√ṛdh (धातु) → samṛddha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past participle used adjectivally

• varavarṇini: O fair/excellent lady
• varavarṇini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; feminine vocative singular; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘excellent’ + ‘lady of beauty/complexion’)

• etatprabhāsamāhātmyam: this greatness of Prabhāsa
• etatprabhāsamāhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat + prabhāsa-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg; समासः—तत्पुरुष (prabhāsasya māhātmyam) with demonstrative etat- as determiner

• śivarātreḥ: of Śivarātri
• śivarātreḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivarātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; feminine genitive singular

• upoṣaṇāt: from fasting, due to fasting
• upoṣaṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upoṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; neuter ablative singular

• etatphalam: this result
• etatphalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘this’ + ‘fruit/result’)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; pronoun instrumental singular

• labdham: obtained
• labdham: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु) → labdha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicative ‘was obtained’; past participle, neuter nom/acc sg

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• tasmāt: from there, therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; pronoun ablative singular

• upoṣaye: I fast, I will observe a fast
• upoṣaye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa√vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; present indicative, 1st sg

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, speaking to his queen, recounts the boon of a thornless, prosperous kingdom gained by fasting on Śivarātri at Prabhāsa; the mood is devotional resolve and testimony.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Śivarātri
• kingdom (rājya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful Śivarātri observance, especially connected with Prabhāsa, is praised as a purifier that yields both inner uplift and outer stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), explicitly praised for its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upoṣaṇa (fasting/vrata observance) on Śivarātri is recommended as the means to obtain the stated merit (phala).