Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ता परमां सिद्धिं तस्या देव्याः प्रभावतः । तृतीयायां शुक्लपक्षे माघे मासि वरानने

Transliteration

saṃprāptā paramāṃ siddhiṃ tasyā devyāḥ prabhāvataḥ | tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklapakṣe māghe māsi varānane

Translation

Par la puissance de cette Déesse, elle obtint l’accomplissement suprême — ô toi au visage gracieux —, le troisième jour lunaire de la quinzaine claire, au mois de Māgha.

Word by Word

• saṃprāptā: (she) having attained
• saṃprāptā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√āp (धातु) + prāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively ("having attained")

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; adjective qualifying siddhim

• siddhim: attainment, perfection
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; pronoun

• devyāḥ: of the goddess
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• prabhāvataḥ: due to (her) power
• prabhāvataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; ablative of cause (हेतु)

• tṛtīyāyām: on the third (lunar day)
• tṛtīyāyām: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative of time

• śukla-pakṣe: in the bright fortnight
• śukla-pakṣe: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• māghe: in (the month of) Māgha
• māghe: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; month-name, locative of time

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative of time

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरम् आननम् यस्याः/या); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaurī-sthāna (Arundhatī-siddhi day)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-to-dawn transition on Māgha śukla tṛtīyā: Arundhatī completes tapas; Devī’s radiance descends; a lunar calendar motif shows the third tithi; devotees gather with lamps near the Gaurī shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (implied)
• Arundhatī (implied)
• Māgha month
• Śukla pakṣa
• Tṛtīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine results are linked to both devotion and sacred time (tithi and month), integrating bhakti with dharma’s calendrical rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaurī/Saubhāgyeśvarī sacred area within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights an auspicious time-marker (Māgha, śukla tṛtīyā) associated with successful worship; it does not detail the rite itself.