Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अद्यापि कृष्णपंचम्यां श्रावणे मासि पार्थिव । सान्निध्यं तत्र कुर्वंति देवीदर्शनलालसाः

Transliteration

adyāpi kṛṣṇapaṃcamyāṃ śrāvaṇe māsi pārthiva | sānnidhyaṃ tatra kurvaṃti devīdarśanalālasāḥ

Translation

今なお、王よ、シュラーヴァナ月の黒分（クリシュナ・パクシャ）五日には、女神のダルシャナを渇望する者たちが、そこで聖なる臨在を保ちつつ夜を徹して守る。

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today
• अद्यापि: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘even today/still now’

• कृष्णपंचम्यां: on Kṛṣṇa-pañcamī
• कृष्णपंचम्यां: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः; ‘on the dark-fortnight fifth (tithi)’

• श्रावणे: in Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘in Śrāvaṇa’

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘in the month’

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — ‘O king’

• सान्निध्यम्: presence
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘presence’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘there’

• कुर्वन्ति: perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — परस्मैपदम्; ‘they do/perform’

• देवीदर्शनलालसाः: eager to see the Goddess
• देवीदर्शनलालसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — तत्पुरुषः (उपपद-समासभावः); विशेषणम् (implicit ‘जनाः’) ‘eager for seeing the Goddess’

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgodbhava Tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (Pārthiva / Bhūpati / Bhūpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-time vigil at a sacred tīrtha in Śrāvaṇa: devotees seated with lamps, flowers, and offerings, eyes fixed toward a Devī-shrine/altar, maintaining ‘sānnidhya’ through the night on Kṛṣṇapakṣa Pañcamī.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Devī
• Śrāvaṇa
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa Pañcamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) intensifies sacred place: devotees seek darśana through disciplined presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the Nāgodbhava Tīrtha locale described in this Arbuda Khaṇḍa chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa pañcamī by staying in holy proximity (sānnidhya) for Devī-darśana.