Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणो दिनमेकं तु षण्मासेन तवावधिः । त्वं वियुक्ता मया सार्द्धं दक्षकोपेन भामिनि

Transliteration

brahmaṇo dinamekaṃ tu ṣaṇmāsena tavāvadhiḥ | tvaṃ viyuktā mayā sārddhaṃ dakṣakopena bhāmini

Translation

Un jour de Brahmā vaut six mois selon ta mesure. Ô fougueuse, par la colère de Dakṣa tu fus, toi aussi, séparée de moi.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Brahmā’

• दिनम्: a day
• दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘day (as measure)’

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — विशेषणम् ‘one’ (qualifying दिनम्)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• षण्मासेन: by six months
• षण्मासेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by/within six months’; समासः: षट् + मास (द्विगु)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘your’

• अवधिः: (is) the limit/term
• अवधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘limit/term’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘you’

• वियुक्ता: separated
• वियुक्ता: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + युज् (धातु) → वियुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘separated’ (agreeing with त्वम्)

• मया: by me/from me
• मया: Karana (Agent-in-instrumental/कर्ता-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by me/from me’

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — सहार्थक (adverb/preposition: ‘together with’)

• दक्षकॊपेन: by Dakṣa’s anger
• दक्षकॊपेन: Karana (Cause/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष + कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by Dakṣa’s anger’; समासः: दक्षस्य कोपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भामिनि: O passionate lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — ‘O angry/bright one’

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva explains time-measure disparity and recalls separation due to Dakṣa’s anger; depict a split scene: foreground intimate dialogue; background vignette of Dakṣa’s sacrificial hall with tension, and a cosmic horizon showing Brahmā’s day as a turning wheel.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Dakṣa
• Devī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It places personal sorrow within cosmic time, teaching steadiness: even intense events are measured within vast divine cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the textual setting; the verse itself is doctrinal about time and the Dakṣa episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.