Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

माघमासे तृतीयायां शुक्लायां ये समाहिताः । सप्तजन्मांतराण्येव भविष्यन्ति सुखान्विताः

Transliteration

māghamāse tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklāyāṃ ye samāhitāḥ | saptajanmāṃtarāṇyeva bhaviṣyanti sukhānvitāḥ

Translation

مَن كان ثابتَ القلبِ مُتأمِّلًا في اليومِ القمريِّ الثالث من النصفِ المضيء في شهرِ ماغها، نالَ العافيةَ والسعادةَ في سبعِ حيواتٍ متتابعة.

Word by Word

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; माघस्य मासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• शुक्लायाम्: in the bright (fortnight)
• शुक्लायाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तृतीयायाम्)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धि-सर्वनाम

• समाहिताः: composed / concentrated
• समाहिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृत् (past passive participle); विशेषण (ये)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; विशेषण (जन्मान्तराणि)

• जन्मान्तराणि: other births / successive births
• जन्मान्तराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; जन्मनः अन्तरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• एव: indeed / only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• सुखान्विताः: endowed with happiness
• सुखान्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अन्वि/अनु-इ + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण; सुखेन अन्विताः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha (Māgha-tṛtīyā observance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī; King as frame-listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dawn in Māgha: pilgrims with calm faces perform snāna and worship on the bright third tithi; a lunar motif (waxing moon) appears above the peak, indicating śukla tṛtīyā; the scene emphasizes serenity and discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Māgha (month)
• Śukla-tṛtīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified devotion—performed with concentration—bears long-reaching karmic fruit across many births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The observance is framed within the Īśānī-śikhara/Arbuda sacred landscape described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A focused observance on Māgha month, bright fortnight, third tithi (Śukla-tṛtīyā), implying worship/discipline with a steady mind.