Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एवं प्रतिज्ञासंयुक्ते निशानाथे तदांबिके । सर्वा रूपेण संयुक्तास्तस्य कन्या निवेदिताः

Transliteration

evaṃ pratijñāsaṃyukte niśānāthe tadāṃbike | sarvā rūpeṇa saṃyuktāstasya kanyā niveditāḥ

Translation

So geschah es: Als der Herr der Nacht (der Mond) durch sein Gelübde gebunden war, o Mutter Ambikā, wurden ihm all jene Mädchen dargebracht, erneut erfüllt von Schönheit und Glanz.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus, in this manner)

• प्रतिज्ञा: by a promise
• प्रतिज्ञा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वे)

• संयुक्ते: when (he) was joined/committed
• संयुक्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘joined/connected’

• निशानाथे: in/with the lord of night (the Moon)
• निशानाथे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘निशायाः नाथः’ = चन्द्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• अम्बिके: O Ambikā (Goddess)
• अम्बिके: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• रूपेण: by (their) form/beauty
• रूपेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• संयुक्ताः: endowed, possessed
• संयुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘endowed/connected’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कन्याः: daughters
• कन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• निवेदिताः: were presented (to him)
• निवेदिताः: Kriyā (Main predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विद् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘were presented/informed’

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Ambikā / Devī as listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (addressed as Ambikā/Devi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Moon-god, constrained by a solemn promise, receives the assembled maidens again radiant—an aura of restored beauty surrounding them, with a divine courtly stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Niśānātha (Soma/Moon)
• Ambikā (Devī, as addressee)
• Dakṣa’s daughters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a wrongdoer accepts dharma and keeps a vow, harmony returns and lost ‘splendor’ (śrī/rūpa) is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, praising Prabhāsa by weaving moral restoration into its sacred narrative landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the emphasized prescription is fidelity to one’s promise (pratijñā) as a dharmic act.