Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

संपूर्णा द्वादशी भूत्वा वर्द्धते चापरे दिने । त्रयोदश्यां मुनिश्रेष्ठा वंजुली दुर्ल्लभा कलौ

Transliteration

saṃpūrṇā dvādaśī bhūtvā varddhate cāpare dine | trayodaśyāṃ muniśreṣṭhā vaṃjulī durllabhā kalau

Translation

โอ้ยอดแห่งมุนี เมื่อทวาทศีสมบูรณ์แล้วแต่ยังยืดไปถึงวันถัดไปจนถึงตรโยทศี เหตุการณ์วํชุลีนั้นหาได้ยากยิ่งในกาลียุค

Word by Word

• संपूर्णा: complete, full
• संपूर्णा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• द्वादशी: the twelfth lunar day (Dvādaśī)
• द्वादशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having become’

• वर्द्धते: increases, grows
• वर्द्धते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• अपरे: on the next/other
• अपरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘दिने’ इति विशेषण

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• त्रयोदश्याम्: on the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodaśī)
• त्रयोदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मुनिश्रेष्ठाः: O best sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (among sages, the best)

• वंजुली: Vaṃjulī (name of a tithi/observance)
• वंजुली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंजुली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• दुर्ल्लभा: rare, hard to obtain
• दुर्ल्लभा: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; ‘वंजुली’ इति विशेषण

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a sage (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṃjulī (tithi-yoga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muniśreṣṭha (best of sages) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses another (‘muniśreṣṭha’) while pointing to a lunar calendar where Dvādaśī spills into Trayodaśī; the word ‘Vaṃjulī’ appears as a rare jewel among dates.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśī
• Trayodaśī
• Vaṃjulī
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rare alignments of sacred time are treasured; when they occur, they are meant to be used for intensified devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Dvārakā Māhātmya; this verse itself is calendrical (tithi) rather than topographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It specifies a rare tithi-extension condition (Dvādaśī reaching Trayodaśī) associated with Vaṃjulī, relevant for planning vrata and vigil.