Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

साग्रं मासं रवेः क्रान्तावाद्यश्राद्धे त्रिवत्सरम् । मासिकेऽप्यथ वर्षस्य षण्मासे त्वर्धवत्सरम्

Transliteration

sāgraṃ māsaṃ raveḥ krāntāvādyaśrāddhe trivatsaram | māsike'pyatha varṣasya ṣaṇmāse tvardhavatsaram

Translation

Lors de la saṅkrānti (passage du Soleil), l’effet demeure un peu plus d’un mois ; lors du premier śrāddha, trois ans. Même au rite mensuel, il dure un an ; au rite semestriel, un demi‑an.

Word by Word

• sa-agram: with an additional part; a little over
• sa-agram: Karma (Measure qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (सह अग्रेण = ‘with the extra part’)

• māsam: a month
• māsam: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• raveḥ: of the Sun
• raveḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• krāntau: at the Sun’s transit
• krāntau: Adhikarana (Time/event locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• ādya-śrāddhe: at the first śrāddha
• ādya-śrāddhe: Adhikarana (Occasion locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādya + śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (ādyaṃ śrāddham)

• tri-vatsaram: three years
• tri-vatsaram: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three years as a unit)

• māsike: in the monthly rite
• māsike: Adhikarana (Occasion locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन (context: ‘in the monthly [rite]’)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• atha: then/and further
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रस्तावार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• varṣasya: of a year
• varṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• ṣaṇmāse: in six months / at the six-month period
• ṣaṇmāse: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (six months as a unit)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• ardha-vatsaram: half a year
• ardha-vatsaram: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha + vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (vatsarasya ardham)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: (1) saṅkrānti sun entering a new sign above Somnātha; (2) family performing ādy-śrāddha with piṇḍas; (3) māsika rite; (4) ṣaṇmāsika rite—each panel annotated by symbolic time-scrolls showing the stated durations.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Saṅkrānti
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts have time-bound consequences; dharma emphasizes precision in kāla (proper timing).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Māhātmya, embedding ritual discipline into the sacred geography of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It enumerates durations tied to saṅkrānti and various śrāddha observances (first, monthly, annual, half-yearly).