Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तथान्यमुत्सवं पुण्यं वृत्ते शक्रमहोत्सवे । दीपप्रतिपन्नामाऽसौ तत्र भावी महोत्सवः

Transliteration

tathānyamutsavaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛtte śakramahotsave | dīpapratipannāmā'sau tatra bhāvī mahotsavaḥ

Translation

ശക്ര (ഇന്ദ്ര) മഹോത്സവം കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ അവിടെ മറ്റൊരു പുണ്യോത്സവം ഉദിക്കും. ‘ദീപ-പ്രതിപന്നാ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ആ മഹോത്സവം ഭാവിയിൽ നടക്കും.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/likewise)

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (उत्सवम्)

• उत्सवम्: festival
• उत्सवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: holy / meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (उत्सवम्)

• वृत्ते: when (it) had occurred
• वृत्ते: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः—क्त (past passive participle) ‘वृत्त’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when ... had occurred)

• शक्रमहोत्सवे: at the great festival of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रमहोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र-महोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य महोत्सवः)

• दीपप्रतिपन्नामा: whose name is Dīpapratipanna
• दीपप्रतिपन्नामा: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप-प्रतिपन्न-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य नाम दीपप्रतिपन्नः)

• असौ: that (festival)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• भावी: will occur / forthcoming
• भावी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः—णिनि/इन् (future/impending adjectival) ‘भाविन्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (महोत्सवः)

• महोत्सवः: a great festival
• महोत्सवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् उत्सवः)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from the narrative where Maheśa later disappears)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīpa-pratipannā Mahotsava (at Vastrāpatha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Daityendra / addressed hero (contextually the same addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred calendar moment: after Indra’s grand festival concludes, the town prepares for a new mahotsava—streets lined with lamps, banners, and flower garlands; priests announce ‘Dīpa-pratipannā’.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Dīpapratipannā (festival)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are sanctified not only by geography but by recurring dhārmic festivals that generate puṇya and sustain communal devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra within the Prabhāsa region, presented as a venue for future mahotsavas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse signals a festival identity centered on dīpa (lamps), implying dīpa-dāna as a key observance.