Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

ऋतुस्नाता मही तत्र गर्भं गृह्णाति भास्करात् । द्यौर्जलं सूयते गर्भं वर्षास्वास्विह भूतले

Transliteration

ṛtusnātā mahī tatra garbhaṃ gṛhṇāti bhāskarāt | dyaurjalaṃ sūyate garbhaṃ varṣāsvāsviha bhūtale

Translation

هناك، الأرضُ—وقد اغتسلت بطُهر الفصول—تتلقّى من بهاسكارا (إله الشمس) بذرةَ الرحم. ثم إن دْياوُح يُولِدُ الجنينَ المائيَّ مطرًا يتكرر مرة بعد مرة على هذه الأرض.

Word by Word

• ऋतुस्नाता: bathed in the season (i.e., after seasonal bath)
• ऋतुस्नाता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नात (कृदन्त; √स्ना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्नात’; समासः—ऋतौ स्नाता (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• मही: the Earth
• मही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa (Place adjunct/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• गर्भम्: seed/embryo
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• गृह्णाति: takes/receives
• गृह्णाति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भास्करात्: from the Sun
• भास्करात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• द्यौः: the sky
• द्यौः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सूयते: produces/gives birth to
• सूयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive/medio-passive sense)

• गर्भम्: seed/embryo
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• वर्षासु: in the rainy seasons
• वर्षासु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• आसु: in those
• आसु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa (Place adjunct/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (here)

• भूतले: on the earth’s surface
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—भूते तले (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (seasonal sanctity implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical ecology: Earth personified, freshly bathed by seasons, receiving solar seed; Dyauḥ (sky) releasing rain as a watery embryo over the world—depict a sacred meteorological cycle as divine ritual.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Mahī (Earth)
• Dyauḥ
• Varṣā (rains)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nature’s cycles are dharmic and sacred—season, sun, rain, and earth cooperate as a divine economy sustaining life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya by grounding the kṣetra’s sanctity in cosmic-natural processes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it describes cosmological causation behind seasonal rains and fertility.