Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

उपोष्यैकादशीं यस्तु त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् । करोति तस्य नश्येत्तु द्वादश दद्वादशीफलम्

Transliteration

upoṣyaikādaśīṃ yastu trayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇam | karoti tasya naśyettu dvādaśa dadvādaśīphalam

Translation

ผู้ใดถืออุโบสถในวันเอกาทศี แล้วไปทำปารณะในวันตรโยทศี ผลบุญแห่งทวาทศีย่อมสูญสิ้น; แท้จริงบุญทวาทศีถูกทำลาย

Word by Word

• upoṣya: having fasted
• upoṣya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√vas (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), from upa-√vas; indeclinable verbal form; meaning 'having fasted'

• ekādaśīm: the Ekādaśī (day/fast)
• ekādaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/concessive-emphatic (निपात)

• trayodaśyām: on the Trayodaśī (13th lunar day)
• trayodaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• pāraṇam: the breaking of the fast
• pāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• karoti: does/performs
• karoti: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasya: of him/of that person
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• naśyet: would perish/be lost
• naśyet: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• dvādaśa: twelvefold / twelve
• dvādaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective; here used adverbially/quantitatively with 'phalam'; (case follows head: neuter accusative singular implied with phalam)

• dadvādaśīphalam: the fruit (merit) of Dvādaśī
• dadvādaśīphalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'dvādaśyāḥ phalam' (fruit of Dvādaśī)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee who fasted on Ekādaśī stands before a small Viṣṇu/Śiva shrine at Prabhāsa, hesitating as Dvādaśī passes; the next panel shows Trayodaśī sunrise with a dimmed aura, symbolizing lost phala; a priest gestures urgently toward the correct pāraṇa time.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Dvādaśī
• Trayodaśī
• Pāraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Observances are completed by correct conclusion; right pāraṇa timing safeguards the vow’s merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in whose māhātmya correct vrata-vidhi is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After fasting on Ekādaśī, one should not perform pāraṇa on Trayodaśī; doing so destroys the Dvādaśī-related merit.