Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

साग्रं मासं रवेः क्रान्तावाद्यश्राद्धे त्रिवत्सरम् । मासिकेऽप्यथ वर्षस्य षण्मासे त्वर्धवत्सरम्

Transliteration

sāgraṃ māsaṃ raveḥ krāntāvādyaśrāddhe trivatsaram | māsike'pyatha varṣasya ṣaṇmāse tvardhavatsaram

Translation

عند السَّنكرانتي (انتقال الشمس)، تدوم العاقبة أكثر من شهر بقليل؛ وعند الشِّرادها الأولى تدوم ثلاث سنين. وحتى في الطقس الشهري تدوم سنة، وفي الطقس نصف السنوي تدوم نصف سنة.

Word by Word

• sa-agram: with an additional part; a little over
• sa-agram: Karma (Measure qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (सह अग्रेण = ‘with the extra part’)

• māsam: a month
• māsam: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• raveḥ: of the Sun
• raveḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• krāntau: at the Sun’s transit
• krāntau: Adhikarana (Time/event locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• ādya-śrāddhe: at the first śrāddha
• ādya-śrāddhe: Adhikarana (Occasion locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādya + śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (ādyaṃ śrāddham)

• tri-vatsaram: three years
• tri-vatsaram: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three years as a unit)

• māsike: in the monthly rite
• māsike: Adhikarana (Occasion locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन (context: ‘in the monthly [rite]’)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• atha: then/and further
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रस्तावार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• varṣasya: of a year
• varṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• ṣaṇmāse: in six months / at the six-month period
• ṣaṇmāse: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (six months as a unit)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• ardha-vatsaram: half a year
• ardha-vatsaram: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha + vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (vatsarasya ardham)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: (1) saṅkrānti sun entering a new sign above Somnātha; (2) family performing ādy-śrāddha with piṇḍas; (3) māsika rite; (4) ṣaṇmāsika rite—each panel annotated by symbolic time-scrolls showing the stated durations.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Saṅkrānti
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts have time-bound consequences; dharma emphasizes precision in kāla (proper timing).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Māhātmya, embedding ritual discipline into the sacred geography of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It enumerates durations tied to saṅkrānti and various śrāddha observances (first, monthly, annual, half-yearly).