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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

मासैश्चतुर्भिर्यत्पुण्यं विधिनाऽपूज्य शंकरम् । कार्त्तिक्यां स लभेत्पुण्यं चैत्र्यां तद्द्विगुणं स्मृतम् । पुण्यमेतत्तु फाल्गुन्यामाषाढ्यामेवमेव तु

Transliteration

māsaiścaturbhiryatpuṇyaṃ vidhinā'pūjya śaṃkaram | kārttikyāṃ sa labhetpuṇyaṃ caitryāṃ taddviguṇaṃ smṛtam | puṇyametattu phālgunyāmāṣāḍhyāmevameva tu

Translation

നാലുമാസം വിധിപൂർവ്വം ശങ്കരനെ പൂജിച്ചതാൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യം കാർത്തികമാസത്തിൽ തന്നെ ലഭിക്കും; ചൈത്രത്തിൽ അത് ദ്വിഗുണമെന്നു സ്മൃതിയിൽ പറയുന്നു. ഫാൽഗുണത്തിലും ആഷാഢത്തിലും ഇതേവിധം പുണ്യഫലം ഉപദേശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word
मासैःby months; over months
मासैः:
Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
चतुर्भिःwith four
चतुर्भिः:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर् (संख्येय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; numeral agreeing with 'मासैः'
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, Nominative singular
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
विधिनाaccording to rite
विधिना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular
अपूज्यhaving worshipped
अपूज्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूज् (धातु) + अ (उपसर्ग/निषेध-प्रयोगेऽत्र न; केवलं उपसर्ग-रूपेण)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), 'पूज्' धातोः; having worshipped
शंकरम्Śaṅkara (Śiva)
शंकरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
कार्त्तिक्याम्in Kārttikī (month/season)
कार्त्तिक्याम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्त्तिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (time)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
लभेत्may obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; may obtain
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
चैत्र्याम्in Caitrī (month/season)
चैत्र्याम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचैत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (time)
तत्that (merit)
तत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (referring to 'पुण्यम्')
द्विगुणम्double
द्विगुणम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विगुण (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + गुण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate adjective
स्मृतम्is stated/considered
स्मृतम्:
Vidhi (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'is said/remembered'
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Visheshya (Correlative/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
तुindeed/and further
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
फाल्गुन्याम्in Phālgunī (month/season)
फाल्गुन्याम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootफाल्गुनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (time)
आषाढ्याम्in Āṣāḍhī (month/season)
आषाढ्याम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआषाढी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (time)
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphasis)
तुand/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
Speaker

Śiva (as Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra praise context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sureśvarī (Indrāṇī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa-kṣetra performs rule-bound worship of a Śiva-liṅga as the lunar months cycle—Kārttika lamps, Caitra blossoms, Phālguna spring hues, and Āṣāḍha monsoon clouds—signifying time’s amplification of devotion.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śaṅkara (Śiva)
K
Kārttika
C
Caitra
P
Phālguna
Ā
Āṣāḍha

FAQs

Certain lunar months are portrayed as spiritually ‘high-yield’ for Śiva worship, compressing long practice into shorter observance.

Prabhāsakṣetra through the lens of Somnātha/Śaṅkara worship performed in especially sacred months.

Ritual worship of Śaṅkara with special emphasis on Kārttika and Caitra (and similarly Phālguna and Āṣāḍha) as merit-multiplying months.

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