Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

त्वं चन्द्र राजयक्ष्मी च पृथिव्यामूषराणि च । सूर्याचन्द्रमसोः पातः पुनरुद्धरणं तयोः

Transliteration

tvaṃ candra rājayakṣmī ca pṛthivyāmūṣarāṇi ca | sūryācandramasoḥ pātaḥ punaruddharaṇaṃ tayoḥ

Translation

Tu es la Lune, la fortune royale, et même les terres stériles de la terre. Tu es la chute du Soleil et de la Lune — et, de nouveau, leur relèvement.

Word by Word

• tvam: you
• tvam: Sambodhyam/Addressed (सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• candra: O Moon
• candra: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• rāja-yakṣmī: royal consumption (tuberculosis)
• rāja-yakṣmī: Karta/Item in list (उद्देश्य/निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + yakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpuruṣa: 'king's disease' = consumption)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• pṛthivyām: on the earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ūṣarāṇi: barren/saline tracts
• ūṣarāṇi: Karta/Item in list (उद्देश्य/निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• sūrya-candramasoḥ: of the sun and the moon
• sūrya-candramasoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative: 'of the sun and the moon')

• pātaḥ: fall/downfall
• pātaḥ: Karta/Item in list (उद्देश्य/निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• punar-uddharaṇam: restoration/raising again
• punar-uddharaṇam: Karta/Item in list (उद्देश्य/निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + uddharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाव (adverbial: 'raising up again')

• tayoḥ: of those two
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical cosmic tableau: the Moon as a crowned luminary, Lakṣmī as royal fortune, patches of barren earth, and a dramatic motif of the Sun and Moon descending (eclipse/fall) followed by their re-emergence—signifying downfall and restoration under a higher law.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Sūrya
• Pṛthivī
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred power being praised is portrayed as sovereign over prosperity and calamity alike, governing cosmic decline and renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a eulogy (stuti) of the kṣetra’s divine potency.