Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

एवं संवत्सरं कुर्याद्व्रतं पक्षद्वये बुधः । ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे व्रतोद्यापनमाचरेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kuryādvrataṃ pakṣadvaye budhaḥ | tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe vratodyāpanamācaret

Translation

اسی طرح دانا شخص دونوں پکشوں میں پورے ایک سال تک یہ ورت رکھے؛ پھر سال پورا ہونے پر ورت کا اُدیापन، یعنی اختتامی رسم ادا کرے۔

Word by Word

• एवं: thus
• एवं: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — “thus”

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Karman (Extent/कर्म-प्रवृत्तिनिमित्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — duration as object/extent

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “should do/perform”

• व्रतम्: vow/observance
• व्रतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• पक्ष-द्वये: in both fortnights
• पक्ष-द्वये: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: द्विगु (“द्वौ पक्षौ”); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular (“in the two fortnights”)

• बुधः: the wise person
• बुधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — “then/thereafter”

• संवत्सरे: in the year
• संवत्सरे: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• पूर्णे: completed
• पूर्णे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — qualifying ‘संवत्सरे’ (“when the year is complete”)

• व्रत-उद्यापनम्: the concluding rite of the vow
• व्रत-उद्यापनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत + उद्यापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (“व्रतस्य उद्यापनम्”); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular

• आचरेत्: should carry out
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “should practice/perform”

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator/instructor within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee marks lunar fortnights on a palm-leaf calendar, performing regular worship through seasons; finally a concluding udyāpana ceremony with offerings and guests.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practice matures through steady, long-term observance and is sealed by a proper, grateful conclusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the focus is on vrata duration and completion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe the vow for one year across both pakṣas, then perform the udyāpana (concluding ceremony).