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

于摩伽月黑半第十四日（kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī），在彼处礼拜尤为灵验。于彼处沐浴、布施与持诵真言，其功德皆成不坏不尽。

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.