Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ग्रहणे तव संप्राप्ते स्नानदानादिकाः क्रियाः । करिष्यंति जना लोके सम्यक्छ्रेयःसमन्विताः

Transliteration

grahaṇe tava saṃprāpte snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ | kariṣyaṃti janā loke samyakchreyaḥsamanvitāḥ

Translation

Wenn deine Finsternis eintritt, werden die Menschen in der Welt Handlungen wie rituelles Bad und Almosengabe vollziehen, erfüllt von wahrem geistigem Heil.

Word by Word

• grahaṇe: at the eclipse
• grahaṇe: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grahaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tava: of you / your
• tava: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (grahaṇe इत्यस्य)

• snāna-dāna-ādikāḥ: such as bathing and giving (charity)
• snāna-dāna-ādikāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāna + dāna + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—स्नानदानादि (द्वन्द्व + आद्यर्थक); विशेषण (kriyāḥ इत्यस्य)

• kriyāḥ: rites, actions
• kriyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• kariṣyanti: will do
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• śreyaḥ-samanvitāḥ: endowed with welfare/merit
• śreyaḥ-samanvitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreyas + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—श्रेयःसमन्वित (तत्पुरुष: श्रेयसा समन्वितः); विशेषण (janāḥ इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Grahaṇa-kāla snāna at Arbuda/Prabhāsa and other tīrthas (generalized)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Niśānātha (Candra) and by extension the audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: During an eclipse, crowds gather at a sacred waterbody: people bathe, offer dāna to brāhmaṇas and the poor, lamps and mantras fill the air; the sky shows the darkened sun/moon.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• People (janāḥ)
• Grahaṇa (eclipse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic events like eclipses are to be met with dharmic action—purification and generosity—turning fear into śreyas (spiritual good).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Candrodbheda-tīrtha māhātmya, the eclipse-time rites are associated with the tīrtha’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charity), along with related observances, during the time of the eclipse.