Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एतदेव तु विज्ञेयं ग्रहणे चोत्तरायणे । संक्रांतिदिनच्छिद्रेषु षडशीतिमुखेषु च

Transliteration

etadeva tu vijñeyaṃ grahaṇe cottarāyaṇe | saṃkrāṃtidinacchidreṣu ṣaḍaśītimukheṣu ca

Translation

This very same principle should be understood to apply at eclipses, at the Sun’s northward course (Uttarāyaṇa), on Saṅkrānti days and their critical junctures, and also at the auspicious ‘six-and-eighty’ moments.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative/contrastive particle)

• विज्ञेयम्: to be known/understood
• विज्ञेयम्: Vidhi (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (तव्य/यत्-अर्थे), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; gerundive: 'to be known'

• ग्रहणे: at an eclipse
• ग्रहणे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• उत्तरायणे: at the northern solstice period (uttarāyaṇa)
• उत्तरायणे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरायण (प्रातिपदिक; उत्तर + अयन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• संक्रान्तिदिनच्छिद्रेषु: in the intercalary/critical moments of saṅkrānti-days
• संक्रान्तिदिनच्छिद्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति + दिन + छिद्र (प्रातिपदिक; components: संक्रान्ति-दिन-छिद्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural

• षडशीतिमुखेषु: in the 'eighty-six openings' (auspicious junctures)
• षडशीतिमुखेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षडशीति + मुख (प्रातिपदिक; षडशीति-मुख)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śiva (as Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra praise context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha/Prabhāsa (parva-kāla application)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic calendar visualization: sun’s northward turn (uttarāyaṇa), saṅkrānti threshold, eclipse shadow over moon/sun, and a wheel of auspicious muhūrtas; pilgrims performing pūjā and dāna at Somnātha during these junctures.

Characters & Entities

• Grahaṇa (eclipse)
• Uttarāyaṇa
• Saṅkrānti
• Ṣaḍaśīti-mukha (auspicious time-junctures)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic practice is strengthened by right timing; certain cosmic transitions are treated as spiritually potent gateways.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra and the Somnātha-centered worship system tied to sacred calendrical moments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform worship/arcana during eclipses, Uttarāyaṇa, saṅkrānti days (especially their junctures), and other recognized auspicious time-openings.