Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एतद्गौरीव्रतंनाम तृतीयायां तु कारयेत् । अप्रसूता च या नारी या नारी दुर्भगा भवेत्

Transliteration

etadgaurīvrataṃnāma tṛtīyāyāṃ tu kārayet | aprasūtā ca yā nārī yā nārī durbhagā bhavet

Translation

يُسمّى هذا «نذرَ غَوْرِي»، ويُؤدَّى حقًّا في اليوم القمري الثالث (التِّثي الثالثة). فالمرأةُ التي لا تلد، والمرأةُ التي أصابها سوءُ الحظ—

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• gaurī-vratam: Gaurī’s vow/rite
• gaurī-vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गौर्याः व्रतम्)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; ‘नाम’ इति निपात/अव्यय (called/namely)

• tṛtīyāyām: on the third (tithi)
• tṛtīyāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the third lunar day)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वय (but/indeed)

• kārayet: should cause to be done/should perform
• kārayet: Kriyā (Injunction/विधि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative/imperative sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) ‘कारयेत्’ = ‘करयेत्/कारयेत्’

• aprasūtā: childless/not yet delivered
• aprasūtā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-prasūtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग ‘अ-’ (not having given birth)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• durbhagā: unfortunate
• durbhagā: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-bhagā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘दुर्’ उपसर्ग + ‘भग’ (fortune)

• bhavet: may become/would be
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vrata-setting in Prabhāsa: women gathered on tṛtīyā, holding offerings (flowers, lamps), listening to the naming of Gaurī-vrata and its fruits for childlessness and misfortune.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī-vrata
• Tṛtīyā tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic vrata-dharma offers structured hope: disciplined observance on sacred tithis is presented as a means to remove obstacles and restore auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the locus for the Varadā Gaurī vrata teaching in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the Gaurī-vrata specifically on tṛtīyā (the third lunar day), aimed particularly at women seeking relief from misfortune or childlessness.