Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

कृत्वा जागरणं रात्रावुत्थाप्य मधुसूदनम् । द्वादशीभुक्तिमासाद्य कार्यं पारणकं नरैः

Transliteration

kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ rātrāvutthāpya madhusūdanam | dvādaśībhuktimāsādya kāryaṃ pāraṇakaṃ naraiḥ

Translation

ครั้นได้ทำการตื่นเฝ้าตลอดราตรี แล้วประกอบพิธี ‘ปลุก’ พระมธุสูทนะตามแบบแผน ครั้นถึงกาลฉันอันสมควรในวันทวาทศี มนุษย์พึงทำปารณะ คือการแก้พรต

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• जागरणम्: night-vigil
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• उत्थाप्य: having awakened/raised
• उत्थाप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having roused/caused to rise’

• मधुसूदनम्: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• मधुसूदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• द्वादशी-भुक्तिम्: the eating/meal on Dvādaśī
• द्वादशी-भुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक) + भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached/when it arrives
• आसाद्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having reached/obtained’

• कार्यम्: to be done/should be performed
• कार्यम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligative) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण ‘to be done’

• पारणकम्: the breaking of the fast (pāraṇa)
• पारणकम्: Karma (Thing to be done/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्तृस्थानी/विधेय), एकवचन

• नरैः: by men/people
• नरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (कर्तृ/करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unknown (Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims keep an all-night vigil before a Viṣṇu image; at dawn they perform utthāpana—ringing bells, offering lamps and tulasī—then prepare to take pāraṇa at the correct Dvādaśī time.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Dvādaśī
• Pāraṇa
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow bears fruit when completed correctly—devotion must be joined with proper timing and ritual completion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya of Prabhāsa; the verse highlights vrata-procedure rather than a separate tīrtha-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After jāgaraṇa and Madhusūdana-utthāpana, perform pāraṇa at the appropriate Dvādaśī eating-time.