Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्ततश्चांतर्दधे हरः । चन्द्रोऽपि प्रययौ हृष्टः स्वस्थानं नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścāṃtardadhe haraḥ | candro'pi prayayau hṛṣṭaḥ svasthānaṃ nṛpasattama

Translation

ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಹರನು ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಅಂತರ್ಧಾನನಾದನು. ಚಂದ್ರನೂ ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಟನು, ಹೇ ನೃಪಸತ್ತಮ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

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

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared/withdrew
• अन्तर्दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-√धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शिवनाम

• चन्द्रः: Candra (the Moon)
• चन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• प्रययौ: went forth/departed
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्त, विशेषणम् (चन्द्रस्य)

• स्वस्थानम्: to his own place
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्थान (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + स्थान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (स्वं स्थानम्)

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; नृप + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (नृपाणां सत्तमः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing a king/audience, inferred from nṛpasattama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrodbheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasattama (best of kings) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Shiva fades from the scene (antar-dhāna) in a soft radiance; Chandra departs happily toward his celestial abode; the king is addressed in narration, implying a storyteller’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Hara)
• Candra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction culminates in restoration of order: Śiva withdraws, and Candra returns reassured to his station.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene concludes within the Candrodbheda-tīrtha māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it closes the dialogue after the prescriptions about eclipse-time and Monday observances.