Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

शुक्ले वा यदि वा कृष्णे संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे । यः पश्यति हृषीकेशमश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

śukle vā yadi vā kṛṣṇe saṃprāpte harivāsare | yaḥ paśyati hṛṣīkeśamaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Sama ada pada paruh terang atau paruh gelap bulan, apabila tiba hari suci bagi Hari, sesiapa yang memandang Hṛṣīkeśa akan memperoleh buah pahala korban Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• śukle: in the bright (fortnight)
• śukle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पक्षवाचक (in the bright fortnight)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (or)

• kṛṣṇe: in the dark (fortnight)
• kṛṣṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पक्षवाचक (in the dark fortnight)

• saṃprāpte: when it has come/occurred
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘संप्राप्ते’ = when arrived/occurred

• hari-vāsare: on Hari’s day (Sunday/Viṣṇu’s day)
• hari-vāsare: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हरेः वासरे)

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

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hṛṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa (Vishnu)
• hṛṣīkeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• aśvamedha-phalam: the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• aśvamedha-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अश्वमेधस्य फलम्)

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual speaker within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Hari
• Harivāsara
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing joined with devotion—seeing the Lord on a Viṣṇu-sacred day—is exalted as surpassing costly Vedic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hṛṣīkeśa in the Arbuda section (site implied; emphasis on darśana on Harivāsara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Hṛṣīkeśa on Harivāsara (a day dedicated to Hari), regardless of lunar fortnight.