Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां जिताहारो योऽर्चयेच्चक्रपाणिनम् । स मुक्तः पातकैः सर्वैर्याति विष्णोः सलोकताम्

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ jitāhāro yo'rcayeccakrapāṇinam | sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairyāti viṣṇoḥ salokatām

Translation

एकादशीला जो आहारसंयम ठेवून चक्रपाणी भगवानांचे पूजन करतो, तो सर्व पातकांपासून मुक्त होऊन विष्णुलोकात सलोकता प्राप्त करतो।

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the eleventh lunar day (Ekādaśī)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

• jitāhāraḥ: one who has controlled food (restrained diet)
• jitāhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (जितः आहारः यस्य)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• cakrapāṇinam: Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu, holder of the discus)
• cakrapāṇinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—उपपद-तत्पुरुष (चक्रं पाणौ यस्य)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• muktaḥ: freed
• muktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु) → mukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (saḥ)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins (by/with sins—ablatival sense)
• pātakaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रायः), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sarvaiḥ: all
• sarvaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘pātakaiḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yāti: goes, attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• salokatām: the state of being in the same world (as Viṣṇu)
• salokatām: Gati-Karma (Goal/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa- (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + -tā (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित/प्रत्ययान्त (ताम्)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Cakrapāṇi-arcana context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on Ekādaśī, calm and restrained, offers tulasī, lamp, and water to Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu holding the discus) at a Prabhāsa shrine; a luminous path suggests ascent to Viṣṇu’s world.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu)
• Viṣṇuloka (salokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint (especially regarding food) empowers devotion; disciplined worship leads to purification and divine proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the setting where Cakrapāṇi worship yields major spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Ekādaśī with jitāhāra (regulated/fasting discipline) and perform arcana (worship) of Cakrapāṇi.