Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

न चान्यत्कारणं राजन्सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् । माघशुक्लतृतीयायां तत्र जातस्त्रिविक्रमः

Transliteration

na cānyatkāraṇaṃ rājansatyametanmayoditam | māghaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ tatra jātastrivikramaḥ

Translation

Et il n’y a pas d’autre cause, ô roi : telle est la vérité que j’ai dite. Au troisième jour de la quinzaine claire de Māgha, Trivikrama naquit en ce lieu.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• anyat: other
• anyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• kāraṇam: cause, reason
• kāraṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• satyam: true
• satyam: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter pronoun, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, Instrumental, Singular)

• uditam: spoken, stated
• uditam: Visheshana (Qualifier of 'etat'/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udita (कृदन्त; √vad/√ud?; here from √vad with ud-: उदित = 'said/uttered')
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP, Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• māgha-śukla-tṛtīyāyām: on the third (lunar day) of the bright fortnight of Māgha
• māgha-śukla-tṛtīyāyām: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक) + śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular); कालाधिकरण (time-locative)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• jātaḥ: born
• jātaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Singular)

• trivikramaḥ: Trivikrama (Vishnu)
• trivikramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya (to a king, addressed as rājan)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trivikrama-janma-smṛti tīrtha on Arbuda (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya raises his hand in oath-like assurance while indicating the lunar calendar; behind him, the Arbuda spring/cleft glows, and Trivikrama’s symbolic three strides appear as cosmic footprints across sky, earth, and heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Trivikrama
• Viṣṇu
• Māgha-śukla-tṛtīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place together intensify merit; remembering divine birth-events sanctifies pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Arbuda-khaṇḍa locality where Trivikrama’s birth is said to have occurred, anchoring the tīrtha’s fame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A timing indication: Māgha-śukla-tṛtīyā is highlighted as an especially significant day for observance/visit.