Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तथा दीपोत्सवदिने चतुर्द्दश्यां समाहितः । पूजयित्वा यथाशास्त्रमीप्सितं लभते फलम्

Transliteration

tathā dīpotsavadine caturddaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ | pūjayitvā yathāśāstramīpsitaṃ labhate phalam

Translation

ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀਪੋਤਸਵ ਦੇ ਦਿਨ, ਚੌਦਵੀਂ ਤਿਥੀ ਨੂੰ ਜੋ ਮਨ ਇਕਾਗ੍ਰ ਕਰਕੇ ਸ਼ਾਸਤ੍ਰ-ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਇੱਛਿਤ ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (connector/adverb)

• दीपोत्सवदिने: on the day of the lamp-festival
• दीपोत्सवदिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीपोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘day of the lamp-festival’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाहितः: composed; attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘composed/collected’

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• शास्त्रम्: scripture; rule
• शास्त्रम्: Adverbial (नियम/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; यथा-इत्यस्य योगे ‘according to scripture’ (अव्ययीभावार्थ)

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/इप्स्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम्-शब्दस्य)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of Dīpotsava in Dvārakā: rows of oil lamps along ghāṭs and temple corridors; devotees in clean garments offer dīpas and flowers with focused faces; the sea-breeze and lamp-glow frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Dīpotsava
• Caturdaśī
• Śāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline and śāstra-aligned worship on sacred festival timings makes spiritual practice effective and fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā/Dvāravatī is the implied setting of the Dīpotsava worship within Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Dīpotsava day, especially Caturdaśī, perform focused worship according to śāstra to gain the desired result.