Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

न चास्माकं निशानाथ ऋतुमात्रमपि प्रभो । प्रयच्छति पुनस्तेन युष्मत्पार्श्वं समागताः

Transliteration

na cāsmākaṃ niśānātha ṛtumātramapi prabho | prayacchati punastena yuṣmatpārśvaṃ samāgatāḥ

Translation

«Et le Seigneur de la nuit ne nous accorde pas, ô Maître, ne fût-ce que la part d’une seule saison de sa compagnie ; c’est pourquoi nous sommes revenues auprès de toi.»

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)

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

• अस्माकम्: of us / to us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• निशानाथ: O lord of the night (Moon)
• निशानाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासार्थः: ‘निशायाः नाथः’

• ऋतुमात्रम्: even a mere season/period
• ऋतुमात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासार्थः: ‘ऋतोः मात्रम्’ (even a mere season/period)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-शब्दः (particle: even)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रयच्छति: grants, gives
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• युष्मत्पार्श्वम्: to your side/presence
• युष्मत्पार्श्वम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासार्थः: ‘युष्माकं पार्श्वम्’

• समागताः: have come
• समागताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि: ‘have come/arrived’

Speaker

Dakṣa's daughters (Nakṣatras)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Mahādevī in nearby verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The many wives of the Moon plead before Dakṣa: their faces show neglect and longing, hands folded, describing how Candra grants them no season’s share of companionship.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Candra (Niśānātha)
• Dakṣa's daughters (Nakṣatras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fair distribution and fidelity to agreed duty are dhārmic; neglecting them causes suffering and social/cosmic imbalance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The complaint is part of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya’s sacred narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns relational obligation (dharma) rather than a rite.