Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वर्द्धते षोडशगुणं यावदायाति पूर्णिमा

Transliteration

varddhate ṣoḍaśaguṇaṃ yāvadāyāti pūrṇimā

Translation

ผลบุญนั้นย่อมเพิ่มพูนเป็นสิบหกเท่า จนกว่าจะถึงวันเพ็ญ

Word by Word

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

• षोडश-गुणम्: sixteenfold
• षोडश-गुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (extent/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षोडश + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षोडशानां गुणः/गुणम् (द्विगु-तत्पुरुषवत् प्रयोगः)

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time limit/कालपर्यन्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावदर्थक (correlative particle: ‘until/as long as’)

• आयाति: comes, arrives
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूर्णिमा: the full-moon day
• पूर्णिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) to Devī (deduced from surrounding dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Āṣāḍha amāvāsyā dāna context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic depiction of the waxing moon over Prabhāsa: from dark amāvāsyā to bright pūrṇimā, with offerings and charity scenes subtly repeated, indicating sixteenfold increase.

Characters & Entities

• Pūrṇimā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit tied to sacred timing can amplify; spiritual results are portrayed as increasing with the lunar cycle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Prabhāsa Kṣetra māhātmya context (Ṛṣitoyā-related narration).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse explains the scaling of merit (phala) up to Pūrṇimā, supporting timed dāna/observances begun around Amāvāsyā.