Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मद्भक्तोऽपि हि यो भूत्वा भुंक्त एकादशीदिने । मल्लिंगस्यार्चनं कार्यं न तेन पापबुद्धिना

Transliteration

madbhakto'pi hi yo bhūtvā bhuṃkta ekādaśīdine | malliṃgasyārcanaṃ kāryaṃ na tena pāpabuddhinā

Translation

जो माझा भक्त असूनही एकादशीच्या दिवशी भोजन करतो, त्या पापबुद्धीने माझ्या लिंगाची अर्चना करू नये.

Word by Word

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• भक्तः: devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/also)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

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

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• भुङ्क्ते: eats/consumes
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एकादशी: on Ekādaśī
• एकादशी: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिने इति सह (in the day of Ekādaśī)

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कार्यम्: must be done
• कार्यम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + ण्यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate: ‘to be done’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (sentence particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation)

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पापबुद्धिना: with sinful intention
• पापबुद्धिना: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + बुद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य बुद्धिः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-arcana context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee approaches a Śiva-liṅga for worship on Ekādaśī; a sage/priest restrains him upon learning he has eaten; the liṅga remains radiant, emphasizing the sanctity of vrata-niyama and worship eligibility.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Śiva-liṅga (mat-liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship must be supported by vrata-discipline; devotion is validated through self-restraint and sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, though it concerns Ekādaśī conduct rather than a single named spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī vrata: do not eat on Ekādaśī; otherwise one is deemed unfit to perform liṅga-arcana in this teaching.