Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

कृत्वा चैवोपवासं च योऽश्नाति द्वादशीदिने । नैवेद्यं तुलसीमिश्रं हत्याकोटिविनाशनम्

Transliteration

kṛtvā caivopavāsaṃ ca yo'śnāti dvādaśīdine | naivedyaṃ tulasīmiśraṃ hatyākoṭivināśanam

Translation

ആദ്യം ഉപവാസം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച്, പിന്നെ ദ്വാദശി ദിനത്തിൽ തുളസിമിശ്രിത നൈവേദ്യം ഭുജിക്കുന്നവൻ—ആ ആചാരത്താൽ കോടിക്കണക്കിന് ഹത്യാസമാന മഹാപാപങ്ങളും നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: कृ; ‘having done’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• उपवासम्: fast
• उपवासम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• अश्नाति: eats
• अश्नाति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• द्वादशीदिने: on the day of Dvādaśī
• द्वादशीदिने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी-दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्वादश्याः दिनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: food offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तुलसीमिश्रम्: mixed with tulasī
• तुलसीमिश्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुलसी + मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (तुलस्या मिश्रम् = mixed with tulasī); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• हत्याकोटिविनाशनम्: destroyer of crores of sins (murders)
• हत्याकोटिविनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत्या + कोटि + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हत्याकोṭीनां विनाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience within the Devī-addressed discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes Ekādaśī fast and on Dvādaśī receives/partakes of tulasī-mixed naivedya before Viṣṇu; a radiant cleansing wave symbolically annihilates heaps of sin.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśī
• Tulasī
• Naivedya
• Upavāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fasting, devotion, and sanctified food (especially with tulasī) function as powerful purificatory discipline in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting; the verse focuses on the vow (vrata) rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) followed by honoring tulasī-mixed naivedya on Dvādaśī.