Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

तव मृत्युर्महीदेव मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति । त्रिस्पृशावासरे प्राप्ते वैशाखे शुक्लपक्षतः

Transliteration

tava mṛtyurmahīdeva matprasādādbhaviṣyati | trispṛśāvāsare prāpte vaiśākhe śuklapakṣataḥ

Translation

Ô seigneur de la terre, par ma grâce adviendra ta mort. Lorsque viendra le jour de Trispṛśā, dans la quinzaine claire de Vaiśākha…

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महीदेव: O lord of the earth
• महीदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + देव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• त्रिस्पृशावासरे: on the Trispṛśā day
• त्रिस्पृशावासरे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिस्पृशा + वासर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when it has arrived
• प्राप्ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘वासरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शुक्लपक्षतः: from the bright fortnight (i.e., in the bright half)
• शुक्लपक्षतः: Apadana (Reference/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘-तः’ तद्धितान्त (from/according to)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as mahīdeva (‘lord of earth’) in the verse; within the passage also ‘vipra’—likely a brāhmaṇa recipient of the boon/prophecy

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord declares that by his prasāda the devotee’s death will occur on the Trispṛśā day in Vaiśākha bright fortnight—death presented as a scheduled, sanctified event rather than calamity.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha
• Trispṛśā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Death is reframed as a divinely guided transition; by grace, even the end of life can become a dharmic, liberating event.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Dvārakā, though this verse emphasizes sacred time (Vaiśākha, Trispṛśā) rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A calendrical specification is given (Vaiśākha bright fortnight, Trispṛśā day), but no explicit rite is detailed here.