Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ताभिस्तव न संतापः स्वल्पोऽप्येवं भविष्यति । अक्षयं सुकृतं तेषां कृतं कर्म भविष्यति

Transliteration

tābhistava na saṃtāpaḥ svalpo'pyevaṃ bhaviṣyati | akṣayaṃ sukṛtaṃ teṣāṃ kṛtaṃ karma bhaviṣyati

Translation

ആ അനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളാൽ നിനക്ക് അല്പമെങ്കിലും ദുഃഖം ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല; അവർ ചെയ്ത കര്‍മ്മങ്ങളുടെ പുണ്യം അക്ഷയമായിരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• tābhiḥ: by those (rites)
• tābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• tava: your
• tava: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• saṃtāpaḥ: distress, affliction
• saṃtāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• svalpaḥ: small
• svalpaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (saṃtāpaḥ इत्यस्य)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक; क्षय-शब्दस्य नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (sukṛtam इत्यस्य)

• sukṛtam: merit, good deed (as result)
• sukṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—सुकृत (तत्पुरुष: सु + कृत)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṛtam: done, performed
• kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (karma इत्यस्य)

• karma: act, ritual action
• karma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrodbheda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasattama (best of kings) addressed in frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, didactic moment: Hara’s assurance to Candra that observances will remove even slight distress and make merit imperishable; sacred mountain backdrop with a nascent tīrtha aura.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Ritual performers (jana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma practiced at the right time and in the right spirit yields akṣaya (imperishable) merit and benefits both worshippers and the cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrodbheda-tīrtha is presented as efficacious for producing imperishable merit through eclipse-time observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of eclipse-time observances—snāna, dāna, and allied rites—promising akṣaya puṇya.