Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

न दौर्भाग्यं कुले तस्याः क्वचित्प्राप्स्यंति योषितः । माघमासे तृतीयायामुपवासपरायणा

Transliteration

na daurbhāgyaṃ kule tasyāḥ kvacitprāpsyaṃti yoṣitaḥ | māghamāse tṛtīyāyāmupavāsaparāyaṇā

Translation

Dans sa lignée, les femmes ne rencontreront nulle part l’infortune, si, au troisième jour lunaire du mois de Māgha, elles se vouent avec ferveur au jeûne.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• दौर्भाग्यम्: misfortune
• दौर्भाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौर्भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: ever/anywhere
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Indefinite locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-अनिश्चितता (ever/anywhere)

• प्राप्स्यन्ति: will obtain/encounter
• प्राप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); बहुवचन

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Vedic/epic form; = योषितः/योषितः स्त्रियः)

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघमास (प्रातिपदिक: माघ + मास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (माघस्य मासः)

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (on the third lunar day)

• उपवास-परायणा: devoted to fasting
• उपवास-परायणा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (या नारी); तत्पुरुषः (उपवासे परायणा = devoted to fasting)

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varadā-Devī at Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Women devotees/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women devotees observe a Māgha-tṛtīyā fast at Prabhāsa—simple attire, restrained demeanor—offering lamps and flowers to Devī Varadā, with an atmosphere of disciplined auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha-māsa
• Tṛtīyā tithi
• Varadā Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Family well-being is protected through disciplined vrata—fasting on an auspicious tithi dedicated to Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Varadā Gaurī’s worship is linked to the Māgha-tṛtīyā observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on tṛtīyā during Māgha-māsa, undertaken with devotion as part of Devī worship.