Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मासि भाद्रपदे देवि दशम्यां नियता शुचिः । एकभक्तं प्रकुर्वीत विष्णोः प्रीत्यर्थमेव च

Transliteration

māsi bhādrapade devi daśamyāṃ niyatā śuciḥ | ekabhaktaṃ prakurvīta viṣṇoḥ prītyarthameva ca

Translation

โอ้เทวี ในเดือนภัทรปทา ณ วันทศมี ผู้ปฏิบัติควรสำรวมและบริสุทธิ์ แล้วถือเอกภักตะ คือฉันเพียงมื้อเดียว เพื่อความพอพระทัยของพระวิษณุเท่านั้น

Word by Word

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Location/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भाद्रपदे: in Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दशम्याम्: on the tenth (day)
• दशम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नियता: restrained, observant
• नियता: Visheshana (Qualifier of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) √यम्/नियम्-धात्वर्थ ‘restrained/observant’

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• एकभक्तम्: single-meal observance
• एकभक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; एक + भक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (एकं भक्तं/एकभक्त-भोजनव्रत)

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रीत्यर्थम्: for (his) pleasure
• प्रीत्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; प्रीति + अर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); चतुर्थी-अर्थे द्वितीया (accusative used for purpose), तत्पुरुष (‘प्रीतेः अर्थः’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Kaśyapa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra context; vrata itself is Viṣṇu-oriented

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī addressed female (recipient of instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow is prescribed: in Bhādrapada on Daśamī, the devotee—pure and disciplined—takes only one meal for Viṣṇu’s pleasure.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Daśamī
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity, restraint, and devotion transform simple acts like regulated eating into worship that pleases Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Bhādrapada śukla/kr̥ṣṇa Daśamī (as applicable), remain pure and disciplined and keep ekabhakta (one meal) for Viṣṇu’s pleasure.