Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

अष्टमो यो मुहूर्तश्च कुतपः स निगद्यते । नवमो रौहिणः प्रोक्त इति श्राद्धविदो विदुः

Transliteration

aṣṭamo yo muhūrtaśca kutapaḥ sa nigadyate | navamo rauhiṇaḥ prokta iti śrāddhavido viduḥ

Translation

المُهورتا الثامن يُسمّى كوتابا (Kutapa)، والتاسع يُقال له راوهيṇa (Rauhiṇa)؛ هكذا يعلم أهل الخبرة في شرادها (Śrāddha).

Word by Word

• aṣṭamaḥ: eighth
• aṣṭamaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• yaḥ: which/that
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• muhūrtaḥ: muhūrta (time period)
• muhūrtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• kutapaḥ: kutapa (name of the muhūrta)
• kutapaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kutapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (Correlative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• nigadyate: is called/said
• nigadyate: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√gad (गद् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive); तृतीयपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• navamaḥ: ninth
• navamaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• rauhiṇaḥ: rauhiṇa (name of the muhūrta)
• rauhiṇaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rauhiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• proktaḥ: is declared
• proktaḥ: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; (said/declared)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक

• śrāddha-vidaḥ: knowers of śrāddha
• śrāddha-vidaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: श्राद्धस्य विदः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• viduḥ: know
• viduḥ: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); तृतीयपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm domestic-ritual scene at Prabhāsa: a learned brāhmaṇa points to a sun-dial/gnomon and recites the names of muhūrtas (Kutapa, Rauhiṇa) while a householder prepares śrāddha vessels near a sacred shoreline/temple silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Kutapa
• Rauhiṇa
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tradition preserves exact ritual knowledge; following expert-defined timing safeguards the rite’s efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the māhātmya details the correct muhūrta framework for Pitṛ rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kutapa is the 8th muhūrta and rauhiṇa is the 9th muhūrta—used to schedule Śrāddha.