Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

सशल्यं वासरं विष्णोः कुर्वंति यदि पुत्रक । तस्माद्गच्छ मुखं पश्य पूर्णचन्द्रसमं मुखम्

Transliteration

saśalyaṃ vāsaraṃ viṣṇoḥ kurvaṃti yadi putraka | tasmādgaccha mukhaṃ paśya pūrṇacandrasamaṃ mukham

Translation

“หากผู้คนประกอบวันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของพระวิษณุอย่างมีมลทิน โอ้ลูกเอ๋ย—เพราะฉะนั้นจงไปเถิด แล้วจงเฝ้าดูพระพักตร์นั้น พระพักตร์ที่ผ่องสว่างดุจจันทร์เพ็ญ”

Word by Word

• सशल्यम्: painful, afflicted
• सशल्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (वासरम्) विशेषण; ‘with pain/with a thorn (i.e., afflicted)’

• वासरम्: a day
• वासरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• कुर्वन्ति: do, perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Present indicative 3rd plural

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• पुत्रक: dear child, son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular (address)

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular (‘therefore/from that’)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative 2nd singular

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• पश्य: see, behold
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative 2nd singular

• पूर्णचन्द्रसमम्: like the full moon
• पूर्णचन्द्रसमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण + चन्द्र + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (मुखम्) विशेषण; ‘equal to the full moon’

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

Speaker

Pretāḥ (departed spirits)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Putraka (son/young interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate elder addresses a ‘son’ (pūtraka), pointing toward the sanctum where Kṛṣṇa’s face shines like a full moon; the devotee’s ritual implements appear slightly disordered, symbolizing ‘tainted observance,’ yet the deity’s radiance overrides the defect.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When practice is flawed, turning to direct devotion—seeking the Lord’s darśana—becomes the saving refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is implied as the place of that divine darśana, in the wider Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seek darśana of the Lord (the radiant ‘face like the full moon’) as the corrective path.