Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

कार्त्तिके मास्यमावास्यां यस्तु दीपप्रदीपनम् । शालायां ब्रह्मणः कुर्यात्स गच्छेत्परमं पदम्

Transliteration

kārttike māsyamāvāsyāṃ yastu dīpapradīpanam | śālāyāṃ brahmaṇaḥ kuryātsa gacchetparamaṃ padam

Translation

کارتک کے مہینے کی اماوسیا کو جو برہما کے ہال میں دیے روشن کرے، وہ اعلیٰ ترین مقام (پرم پد) کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• kārttike: in (the month of) Kārttika
• kārttike: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time locus अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārttika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• amāvāsyāṃ: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• dīpa-pradīpanam: lighting a lamp
• dīpa-pradīpanam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradīpana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन; षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थः—दीपस्य प्रदीपनम् (lighting of a lamp)

• śālāyāṃ: in the hall/temple
• śālāyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative/विध्यर्थ); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• gacchet: would go/attain
• gacchet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम्—पदम्

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmā-śālā (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of amāvāsyā in Kārttika: Brahmā’s hall glows with rows of lamps; devotees place lamps along pillars and thresholds; the darkness outside contrasts with a radiant inner sanctum, suggesting ascent to the supreme state.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika (month)
• Amāvāsyā
• Brahmā
• Dīpa (lamp)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kārttika devotion through light-offerings is presented as a direct path to exalted spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically Brahmā’s śālā (hall) where lamp-lighting is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Kārttika Amāvāsyā, perform dīpa-pradīpana (lighting lamps) in Brahmā’s hall.