Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अमावास्यां विशेषेण त्रिनेत्रः स प्रजायताम् । एवं भविष्यतीत्युक्त्वा ह्यन्तर्धानं गतो हरः

Transliteration

amāvāsyāṃ viśeṣeṇa trinetraḥ sa prajāyatām | evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā hyantardhānaṃ gato haraḥ

Translation

Surtout au jour d’Amāvāsyā (nouvelle lune), que cet être naisse pourvu de trois yeux. Ayant dit : « Ainsi en sera-t-il », Hara disparut alors aux regards.

Word by Word

• अमावास्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial instrumental)

• त्रिनेत्रः: the three-eyed one (Śiva)
• त्रिनेत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य त्रीणि नेत्राणि सः’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• प्रजायताम्: may (it) be born / let (it) arise
• प्रजायताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-जा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative/benedictive sense), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आज्ञा/आशीः (let be born/let arise)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• इति: thus (saying)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्ययम् (particle/emphasis)

• अन्तर्धानम्: disappearance/vanishing
• अन्तर्धानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antardhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; गत्यर्थक्रियायां कर्मवत् (as goal/state)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having gone)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Śiva’s boon and departure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trinetra-kuṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of sages/pilgrims within the narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva pronounces the boon: on Amāvāsyā, the bather-donor will be born three-eyed; immediately after, Śiva fades into light and disappears (antardhāna), leaving sages and pilgrims awestruck by the pond.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Hara)
• Amāvāsyā
• Kuṇḍa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred times amplify sacred acts; observance on Amāvāsyā at a tirtha is portrayed as especially potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsakṣetra kuṇḍa where snāna and dāna yield special fruit on Amāvāsyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Emphasis on Amāvāsyā observance in connection with the kuṇḍa’s rites (snāna and dāna from the preceding verse).