Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

मार्गमासे तु शुक्लायामेकादश्यां समाहितः । यस्त्वां पश्यति भावेन तस्य पापं विनश्यतु

Transliteration

mārgamāse tu śuklāyāmekādaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ | yastvāṃ paśyati bhāvena tasya pāpaṃ vinaśyatu

Translation

ในวันเอกาทศีฝ่ายสว่างแห่งเดือนมารคศีรษะ เมื่อจิตตั้งมั่น—ผู้ใดได้เห็นท่านด้วยศรัทธาภักดี ขอให้บาปของผู้นั้นพินาศสิ้นไป

Word by Word

• मार्गमासे: in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa
• मार्गमासे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (मार्गस्य मासः) — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle; emphasis/contrast) — indeclinable particle

• शुक्लायाम्: in the bright (fortnight)
• शुक्लायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (एकादश्याम्) — Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकादश्याम्: on the eleventh lunar day
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — Feminine, Locative, Singular

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √धा (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) + आ (उपसर्ग) + हित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; ‘समाहितः (सन्)’ — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; past participle used adjectivally

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — Accusative, Singular

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् — Present, 3rd person, Singular

• भावेन: with devotion/feeling
• भावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विनश्यतु: may perish, be destroyed
• विनश्यतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आशीर्लिङ्/आज्ञार्थ-प्रायः), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् — Imperative/benedictive sense, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ekādaśī-darśana observance)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-day scene: on bright Ekādaśī, a devotee with composed mind beholds the sacred form (the addressed ‘you’—likely a deity/icon/manifestation linked to Tala’s name) and sins are destroyed.

Characters & Entities

• Mārgaśīrṣa
• Śukla Ekādaśī
• Darśana (sacred sight)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional darśana, especially on Ekādaśī, is portrayed as a powerful purifier that burns away pāpa when approached with inner concentration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the Skanda Purāṇa context, where darśana on sacred calendrical days yields exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Śukla Ekādaśī in Mārgaśīrṣa with a focused mind, culminating in devotional darśana.