Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

माघे कृष्णचतुर्दश्यां विशेषस्तत्र पूजने । स्नानं दानं जपस्तत्र भवेदक्षयकारकम्

Transliteration

māghe kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ viśeṣastatra pūjane | snānaṃ dānaṃ japastatra bhavedakṣayakārakam

Translation

ماہِ ماغھ کی کرشن چتردشی کو وہاں پوجا کی خاص فضیلت ہے۔ وہاں کیا گیا اسنان، دان اور جپ ایسا پُنّیہ بن جاتا ہے جو کبھی زائل نہیں ہوتا۔

Word by Word

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• कृष्ण-चतुर्दश्याम्: on the dark fortnight’s fourteenth (tithi)
• कृष्ण-चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कृष्णा चतुर्दशी)

• विशेषः: a special (merit/importance)
• विशेषः: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there/in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Context/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पूजने: in worship
• पूजने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दानम्: charity
• दानम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जपः: recitation (japa)
• जपः: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Context/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• भवेत्: would be/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अक्षय-कारकम्: causing imperishability (inexhaustible merit)
• अक्षय-कारकम्: Predicate-adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अक्षयं करोति इति)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Rāmeśvara/Lakṣmaṇeśvara area)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pre-dawn Māgha caturdaśī at a sacred water-edge in Prabhāsa: pilgrims bathing, priests guiding dāna, and devotees seated for japa with rosaries; winter haze and lamp-light create a solemn glow.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) amplifies sacred place: when performed at the right tīrtha and time, dharmic acts yield akṣaya puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “there” refers to the Lakṣmaṇeśvara tīrtha/shrine described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Māgha kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī, perform pūjā; additionally undertake snāna, dāna, and japa for imperishable merit.