Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

चैत्रे मासि सिताष्टम्यां तत्र त्वां यदि पूजयेत् । एक विंशतिजन्मानि दारिद्र्यं तस्य नो भवेत्

Transliteration

caitre māsi sitāṣṭamyāṃ tatra tvāṃ yadi pūjayet | eka viṃśatijanmāni dāridryaṃ tasya no bhavet

Translation

ചൈത്രമാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ല അഷ്ടമിദിനത്തിൽ അവിടെ (പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ) നിന്നെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, ആ ഭക്തന് ഇരുപത്തൊന്ന് ജന്മങ്ങൾ വരെ ദാരിദ്ര്യം സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; (locative: ‘in Caitra’)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (locative singular)

• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: on the bright eighth (tithi)
• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिता (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘सिता अष्टमी’ = bright-half eighth day); (locative: ‘on the bright eighth’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; (accusative: ‘you’)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle ‘if’)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (should worship)

• एक: one
• एक: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (in compound)

• विंशति-जन्मानि: (for) twenty-one births
• विंशति-जन्मानि: Karma (Extent/Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (‘एकविंशति’ = 21); (accusative plural: ‘(for) twenty-one births’)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (nominative singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (genitive: ‘of him’)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (would be/should occur)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed) / implied audience of pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Prabhāsa offers flowers, lamp, and incense to the Devī on Caitra śukla aṣṭamī; the kṣetra glows as Lakṣmī-like abundance is promised across births.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra
• Śuklāṣṭamī
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship at a famed tīrtha on an auspicious tithi is said to transform one’s karmic condition, even removing long-standing scarcity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā (worship) at Prabhāsa on Caitra month’s bright eighth day (śuklāṣṭamī).