Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां जिताहारो यस्तं देवि प्रपूजयेत् । माघेमासे विशेषेण सोऽग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ jitāhāro yastaṃ devi prapūjayet | māghemāse viśeṣeṇa so'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ایکادشی کے دن، اے دیوی، جو خوراک میں ضبط رکھ کر اُس کی خوب پوجا کرے، وہ خصوصاً ماہِ ماغھ میں اگنِشٹوم یَجْن کا پھل پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the Ekādaśī (day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• jitāhāraḥ: having controlled diet
• jitāhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita (कृदन्त, √ji जि ‘to conquer’) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारयवत् प्रयोगः): ‘जितः आहारः यस्य सः’ (one whose food-intake is controlled)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter as context), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (धातु ‘to worship’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• māghe: in Māgha (month)
• māghe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• māse: in the month
• māse: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), तृतीया-प्रयोगेण क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial instrumental): ‘especially’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• agniṣṭoma-phalam: the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• agniṣṭoma-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘अग्निष्टोमस्य फलम्’

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु ‘to obtain’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-sthāna (mukti-prada) in Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on Ekādaśī, modestly dressed, practicing jitāhāra, offers tulasī and lamps to Hari in a coastal Prabhāsa temple; a subtle sacrificial fire motif appears symbolically to indicate Agniṣṭoma fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Māgha-māsa
• Agniṣṭoma
• Hari (Mokṣasvāmi)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship with self-restraint can confer sacrificial merit, showing bhakti as a powerful dharmic means.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Mokṣasvāmi/Hari shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Ekādaśī with controlled diet (jitāhāra) and perform worship; Māgha is highlighted as especially efficacious.