Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

प्रायश्चित्तं न तस्यास्ति सशल्यं वासरं हरेः । ये कुर्वंति न ते यांति मन्वतरशतैर्दिवम्

Transliteration

prāyaścittaṃ na tasyāsti saśalyaṃ vāsaraṃ hareḥ | ye kurvaṃti na te yāṃti manvataraśatairdivam

Translation

Bagi perbuatan itu tiada penebusan—apabila hari suci Hari dilaksanakan dengan kecacatan. Mereka yang berbuat demikian tidak akan sampai ke syurga, walau setelah ratusan manvantara berlalu.

Word by Word

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (particle of negation)

• तस्य: of that (act/person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सशल्यम्: defective/impure
• सशल्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सशल्य (प्रातिपदिक; स+शल्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of vāsaram)

• वासरम्: day
• वासरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• कुर्वन्ति: do/perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मन्वतरशतैः: by (even) hundreds of manvantaras
• मन्वतरशतैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर+शत (प्रातिपदिक; मन्वन्तर-शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण/हेतुवाचक प्रयोग

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Gati-Karma (Goal as object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice; strong dharma-śāstra style warning)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark proclamation scene: an elder declares ‘no expiation’ for flawed Hari-vāsara; behind, a vast cosmic timeline (manvantara cycles) is depicted as turning wheels, yet a closed gate to svarga remains shut for the negligent observer.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes sincerity and correctness in worship; deliberate fault in sacred observance is presented as gravely harmful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, within the Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse on Hari/Kṛṣṇa worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do not observe Hari’s day in a saśalya (faulty) way; the verse stresses strict avoidance rather than expiation.