Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

पत्नीं च रोहिणीं कृत्वा सर्वलक्षणसंयुताम् । मृगचर्मधरां देवीं क्षौमवस्त्रावगुंठिता म्

Transliteration

patnīṃ ca rohiṇīṃ kṛtvā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutām | mṛgacarmadharāṃ devīṃ kṣaumavastrāvaguṃṭhitā m

Translation

Et il établit Rohiṇī comme épouse, pourvue de tous les signes de bon augure — la Déesse revêtue d’une peau de daim, voilée de vêtements de lin.

Word by Word

• पत्नीम्: (as) wife
• पत्नीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद

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

• रोहिणीम्: Rohiṇī
• रोहिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriyavisheshana (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सर्वलक्षणसंयुताम्: endowed with all auspicious marks
• सर्वलक्षणसंयुताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक; संयुत = युज् धातु क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वैः लक्षणैः संयुता), विशेषण (रोहिणीम्)

• मृगचर्मधराम्: wearing a deer-skin
• मृगचर्मधराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृग + चर्म + धर (प्रातिपदिक; धर = धृ धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मृगस्य चर्म धत्ते या), विशेषण (देवीम्)

• देवीम्: the goddess/lady
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म/उपपद (रोहिणीम्)

• क्षौमवस्त्रावगुण्ठिताम्: veiled/covered with linen cloth
• क्षौमवस्त्रावगुण्ठिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षौम + वस्त्र + अवगुण्ठित (प्रातिपदिक; अवगुण्ठित = गुण्ठ् धातु क्त, अव-उपसर्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षौमवस्त्रेण अवगुण्ठिता), विशेषण (देवीम्/रोहिणीम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rohiṇī is ceremonially affirmed as Soma’s wife, portrayed with auspicious marks; she wears a deerskin and is modestly veiled in linen, combining bridal sanctity with ascetic simplicity amid the ritual precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Rohiṇī
• Soma (implied)
• Brahmā (implied)
• Patnī (ritual consort)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual completeness in dharma includes the rightful place of the consort and the observance of prescribed purity and attire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Soma’s rites are performed with Rohiṇī as the patnī within the sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Patnī-saṃyoga in ritual and prescribed dress/observances (deerskin, linen covering) as part of the consecratory discipline.