Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
एवं संवत्सरं कुर्याद्व्रतं पक्षद्वये बुधः । ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे व्रतोद्यापनमाचरेत्
Transliteration
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kuryādvrataṃ pakṣadvaye budhaḥ | tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe vratodyāpanamācaret
Translation
如是，智者当于一年圆满之期，在两半月（两旬）皆持此誓；待一年既满，当行此vrata之结愿仪式（udyāpana）。
Word by Word
एवंthus
एवं:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — “thus”
संवत्सरम्for a year
संवत्सरम्:
Karman (Extent/कर्म-प्रवृत्तिनिमित्त)
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — duration as object/extent
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “should do/perform”
व्रतम्vow/observance
व्रतम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular
पक्ष-द्वयेin both fortnights
पक्ष-द्वये:
Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्ष + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: द्विगु (“द्वौ पक्षौ”); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular (“in the two fortnights”)
बुधःthe wise person
बुधः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (Sequence marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — “then/thereafter”
संवत्सरेin the year
संवत्सरे:
Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular
पूर्णेcompleted
पूर्णे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — qualifying ‘संवत्सरे’ (“when the year is complete”)
व्रत-उद्यापनम्the concluding rite of the vow
व्रत-उद्यापनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत + उद्यापन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (“व्रतस्य उद्यापनम्”); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular
आचरेत्should carry out
आचरेत्:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “should practice/perform”
Speaker
Unknown (contextual narrator/instructor within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
FAQs
Spiritual practice matures through steady, long-term observance and is sealed by a proper, grateful conclusion.
No site is mentioned; the focus is on vrata duration and completion.
Observe the vow for one year across both pakṣas, then perform the udyāpana (concluding ceremony).