Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ग्रहणे तव संप्राप्ते योऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यति । न तस्य पुनरेवात्र जन्म लोके भविष्यति

Transliteration

grahaṇe tava saṃprāpte yo'tra snānaṃ kariṣyati | na tasya punarevātra janma loke bhaviṣyati

Translation

Wenn deine Finsternis eintritt, wird derjenige, der hier das heilige Bad vollzieht, in dieser Welt nicht wiedergeboren werden.

Word by Word

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

• tava: 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)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• tasya: for him / of him
• tasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• janma: birth
• janma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrodbheda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasattama (king) in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the moment of lunar eclipse, pilgrims bathe in a sacred pool/spring at the cleft peak; the darkened moon overhead; Shiva’s unseen blessing; aura of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Candrodbheda-tīrtha
• Grahaṇa (eclipse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right-time pilgrimage and purification at a consecrated tīrtha can become a direct cause toward liberation (freedom from rebirth).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrodbheda-tīrtha, especially potent at the time of Candra’s eclipse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at this tīrtha during the eclipse (grahaṇa-kāla).