Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

मया पापेन देवेश शिवभक्तिः समाश्रिता । तव भक्तिः कृता नैव न कृतं तव वासरम्

Transliteration

mayā pāpena deveśa śivabhaktiḥ samāśritā | tava bhaktiḥ kṛtā naiva na kṛtaṃ tava vāsaram

Translation

اے دیویش، میں گنہگار ہو کر شیو بھکتی کی پناہ میں گیا؛ مگر تیری بھکتی نہ کی، نہ ہی تیرے مقدّس دن کا ورت رکھا۔

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular pronoun)

• पापेन: (being) sinful / through sin
• पापेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Instrumental singular, neuter)

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन (Vocative, masculine, singular)

• शिवभक्तिः: devotion to Śiva
• शिवभक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• समाश्रिता: has been resorted to/embraced
• समाश्रिता: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• कृता: done/made
• कृता: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• वासरम्: day (observance/holy day)
• वासरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa (with sectarian self-critique in Dvārakā context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee confesses before Hari: ‘I took refuge in Śiva-bhakti, but neglected You and Your sacred day.’ Visual contrast: a small Śiva-liṅga in the background (revered) while the central focus is Hari/Kṛṣṇa receiving the confession, indicating reorientation rather than rejection.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Śiva
• bhakti
• vāsara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion should be sincere and complete; the speaker repents neglect of Kṛṣṇa’s worship and vows to align with proper observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s worship and sacred-day observance are emphasized as spiritually transformative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of “tava vāsara” (the Lord’s sacred day/fast-day) and cultivation of bhakti.