Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

लब्ध्वसंज्ञो मुहूर्तेन रोहिणीवाक्य मब्रवीत्

Transliteration

labdhvasaṃjño muhūrtena rohiṇīvākya mabravīt

Translation

Nachdem er nach kurzer Weile wieder zu Bewusstsein gekommen war, sprach er Worte zu Rohiṇī.

Word by Word

• लब्ध्वा: having regained/obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having obtained’

• संज्ञः: conscious
• संज्ञः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to implied subject सोमः/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘संज्ञावान्’ (conscious)

• मुहूर्तेन: in/within a moment
• मुहूर्तेन: Adhikaraṇa (Time circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (कालवाचक-तृतीया/instrumental of time)

• रोहिणीवाक्यम्: Rohiṇī’s words
• रोहिणीवाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रोहिण्याः वाक्यम्/‘Rohiṇī’s words’)

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (overall listener); immediate in-scene addressee is Rohiṇī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma stirs, regains awareness, and begins speaking to Rohiṇī; the scene shifts from collapse to counsel, with Rohiṇī attentive and hopeful amid lingering sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Rohiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In crisis, clarity returns and guidance becomes possible; dialogue opens the way toward remedy and refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Māhātmya, where such dialogues support the sanctity and moral instruction of the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is described; it transitions into counsel and response.