Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या एकादश्यां नरोत्तमः । सोश्ववमेधफलं प्राप्य मोदते दिवि देववत्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā ekādaśyāṃ narottamaḥ | sośvavamedhaphalaṃ prāpya modate divi devavat

Translation

凡于爱迦达希日（Ekādaśī）以虔敬礼拜彼者，乃人中最胜；得阿湿瓦梅陀（Aśvamedha）大祭之功德，于天界如神而欢悦。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नरोत्तमः: the best of men
• नरोत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक: नर + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अश्वमेधफलम्: fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययभाव (Gerund: 'having obtained')

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• देववत्: like a god
• देववत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देववत् (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त)
• Form: उपमान-अव्यय (indeclinable of comparison: 'like a god')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ādinārāyaṇa/Govinda worship)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers flowers, lamp, and water to the Lord on a pādukā-throne on Ekādaśī; the merit is visualized as a radiant ascent to svarga, the worshipper shining like a deva.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Ādinārāyaṇa
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion to the Lord on Ekādaśī is portrayed as equal to the highest Vedic sacrificial merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where Ādinārāyaṇa’s greatness is being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the Lord performed with bhakti on Ekādaśī.