Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां निराहारो यस्तं देवं प्रपश्यति । स पश्यति ध्रुवं स्थाने प्रत्यानन्तं हरेः पदम्

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro yastaṃ devaṃ prapaśyati | sa paśyati dhruvaṃ sthāne pratyānantaṃ hareḥ padam

Translation

ഏകാദശിയിൽ നിരാഹാരനായി ആ ദേവനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നവൻ, നിശ്ചയമായി ആ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ ഹരിയുടെ അനന്തവും അവിനാശിയും ആയ പദം ദർശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the Ekādaśī (day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; काल-निर्देशे अधिकरणम् (time-locative)

• nirāhāraḥ: fasting; without food
• nirāhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

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

• tam: that (him)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म-निर्देशः

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• prapaśyati: beholds; sees clearly
• prapaśyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) निश्चयार्थे

• sthāne: in the place; in the station
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (place-locative)

• pratyānantam: endless in return; ever-unending
• pratyānantam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-ānanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (padam इति विशेष्य)

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (possessor)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Hari-darśana on Ekādaśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An Ekādaśī pilgrim, fasting and austere, stands before Hari’s image in Prabhāsa; behind the deity, a visionary opening reveals the boundless, imperishable abode—radiant, infinite, calm.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Hari (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fasting with devotion and taking darśana at a sanctified kṣetra leads the seeker toward Hari’s limitless, liberating state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the context of darśana at the Nārāyaṇa-gṛha (Nārāyaṇa’s shrine/abode).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī nirāhāra (fasting on Ekādaśī) combined with darśana of the deity.