Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ये केचिद्भवितारो वै रात्रिनाथा निशाकराः । ते मदाराधनं चात्र करिष्यंति पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

ye kecidbhavitāro vai rātrināthā niśākarāḥ | te madārādhanaṃ cātra kariṣyaṃti punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

Quels que soient les futurs seigneurs de la nuit—porteurs de la lune—eux aussi accompliront ici, encore et encore, mon culte.

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• kecit: some
• kecit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘केचित्’ = some

• bhavitāraḥ: future ones, those who will be
• bhavitāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (धा॒तु) + tṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: तृ-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis

• rātri-nāthāḥ: lords of the night (moons)
• rātri-nāthāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रात्रेः नाथाः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• niśākarāḥ: moon(s), night-maker(s)
• niśākarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निशायाः कराः = किरणाः यस्य/निशां करोति इति रूढिः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mat-ārādhanam: my worship
• mat-ārādhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ārādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम आराधनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• kariṣyanti: will do, will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धा॒तु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/आवृत्तिवाचक)

• punaḥ: again (repeatedly)
• punaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः = repeatedly)

Speaker

Soma (Candra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (likely a sage/audience within the Purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa-kṣetra, a divine speaker proclaims that future ‘lords of the night’ (Soma-like moon-bearers) will again and again worship ‘me’ here; the sacred shoreline/temple precinct glows with lunar radiance and Śaiva emblems.

Characters & Entities

• Rātrinātha (Moon)
• Niśākara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (atra, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacred centers sustain devotion across ages; Prabhāsa is depicted as a perennial locus where worship continues through successive cosmic eras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, indicated by ‘atra’ (here) in the ongoing Prabhāsa-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) at the site is implied as the continuing practice.