Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

राज्यं निष्कण्टकं प्राप्तं समृद्धं वरवर्णिनि । एतत्प्रभासमाहात्म्यं शिवरात्रेरुपोषणात् । एतत्फलं मया लब्धं गत्वा तस्मादुपोषये

Transliteration

rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ prāptaṃ samṛddhaṃ varavarṇini | etatprabhāsamāhātmyaṃ śivarātrerupoṣaṇāt | etatphalaṃ mayā labdhaṃ gatvā tasmādupoṣaye

Translation

Ta đã có được một vương quốc thịnh vượng, không còn gai góc (phiền toái), hỡi nàng xinh đẹp. Đó là sự vĩ đại của Prabhāsa qua việc nhịn ăn vào đêm Śivarātri. Quả ngọt này ta đã nhận được; vì vậy ta sẽ đi và thực hiện việc nhịn ăn đó.

Word by Word

• rājyam: kingdom, sovereignty
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg

• niṣkaṇṭakam: free of thorns/obstacles
• niṣkaṇṭakam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ + kaṇṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg; समासः—नञ्/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (kaṇṭaka-rahitam)

• prāptam: obtained, attained
• prāptam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√āp (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicative ‘was obtained’; past participle, neuter nom/acc sg

• samṛddham: prosperous, flourishing
• samṛddham: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√ṛdh (धातु) → samṛddha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past participle used adjectivally

• varavarṇini: O fair/excellent lady
• varavarṇini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; feminine vocative singular; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘excellent’ + ‘lady of beauty/complexion’)

• etatprabhāsamāhātmyam: this greatness of Prabhāsa
• etatprabhāsamāhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat + prabhāsa-māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg; समासः—तत्पुरुष (prabhāsasya māhātmyam) with demonstrative etat- as determiner

• śivarātreḥ: of Śivarātri
• śivarātreḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivarātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; feminine genitive singular

• upoṣaṇāt: from fasting, due to fasting
• upoṣaṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upoṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; neuter ablative singular

• etatphalam: this result
• etatphalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘this’ + ‘fruit/result’)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; pronoun instrumental singular

• labdham: obtained
• labdham: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु) → labdha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicative ‘was obtained’; past participle, neuter nom/acc sg

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• tasmāt: from there, therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; pronoun ablative singular

• upoṣaye: I fast, I will observe a fast
• upoṣaye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa√vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; present indicative, 1st sg

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, speaking to his queen, recounts the boon of a thornless, prosperous kingdom gained by fasting on Śivarātri at Prabhāsa; the mood is devotional resolve and testimony.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Śivarātri
• kingdom (rājya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful Śivarātri observance, especially connected with Prabhāsa, is praised as a purifier that yields both inner uplift and outer stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), explicitly praised for its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upoṣaṇa (fasting/vrata observance) on Śivarātri is recommended as the means to obtain the stated merit (phala).