Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वं तस्य ताः सर्वाः कन्यका मम वाक्यतः । निशाकर समं पश्य तव व्याधिर्गमिष्यति

Transliteration

tasmāttvaṃ tasya tāḥ sarvāḥ kanyakā mama vākyataḥ | niśākara samaṃ paśya tava vyādhirgamiṣyati

Translation

فلذلك، بكلمتي، انظر إلى جميع بناته نظرًا واحدًا متساويًا، يا نيشاكارا (القمر)؛ حينئذٍ تزول علتك وبلاؤك.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कन्यकाः: maidens/daughters
• कन्यकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाक्यतः: by (my) word/command
• वाक्यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• निशाकर: O night-maker (Moon)
• निशाकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: 'equally')

• पश्य: see/look upon
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्याधिः: disease
• व्याधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गमिष्यति: will go away
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Candra (Soma)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Candra to regard all of Dakṣa’s daughters equally; the scene suggests a moral turning point—discipline replacing indulgence—promising the departure of disease.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Candra (Niśākara)
• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa’s daughters (Kanyakāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Partiality creates disorder; equanimity and fairness are presented as dharmic remedies that restore harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in Arbuda-māhātmya, where Śiva’s guidance is received after tapas in the Arbuda sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a ritual but a dharmic injunction (equal regard), shown as spiritually efficacious under Śiva’s boon.