Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नोष्णत्वं द्विज राजे वै न शीतत्वं हुताशने । वैष्णवानां न पापत्वमेकादश्युपवासिनाम्

Transliteration

noṣṇatvaṃ dvija rāje vai na śītatvaṃ hutāśane | vaiṣṇavānāṃ na pāpatvamekādaśyupavāsinām

Translation

ดุจความร้อนไม่เคยพรากจากไฟ และความเย็นไม่เคยพรากจากจันทร์ฉันใด ความเป็นบาปก็ไม่อาจมีแก่ไวษณพผู้ถืออุโบสถเอกาทศีฉันนั้น

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• uṣṇatvam: heat/hotness
• uṣṇatvam: Karman/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣṇatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dvija: O brāhmaṇa
• dvija: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rāje: in a king
• rāje: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Modifier (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• śītatvam: coldness
• śītatvam: Karman/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śītatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hutāśane: in fire
• hutāśane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (हुतं अश्नाति इति)

• vaiṣṇavānām: of Vaiṣṇavas
• vaiṣṇavānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• pāpatvam: sinfulness
• pāpatvam: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ekādaśī: of Ekādaśī
• ekādaśī: Purvapada (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समास-पूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• upavāsinām: of those who fast
• upavāsinām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (समासे उत्तरपद)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-rāja / king (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two emblematic vignettes: a flame radiating heat and a moon radiating coolness; between them, a Vaiṣṇava devotee on Ekādaśī with japa-mālā and tulasī, surrounded by a bright aura signifying absence of pāpa.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiṣṇava
• Ekādaśī
• Hutāśana (fire)
• Dvija-rāja (moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ekādaśī-upavāsa performed with Vaiṣṇava devotion is presented as intrinsically purifying and opposed to pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is specified; the verse teaches vrata-dharma within the Dwārakā-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of the Ekādaśī fast (upavāsa) as a Vaiṣṇava practice.