Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

एवं पश्यन्हृषीकेशः संप्राप्तान्कालपर्ययान् । त्रयोदशीं ह्यमावास्यां तां दृष्ट्वा प्राब्रवीदिदम्

Transliteration

evaṃ paśyanhṛṣīkeśaḥ saṃprāptānkālaparyayān | trayodaśīṃ hyamāvāsyāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā prābravīdidam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ഹൃഷീകേശൻ എത്തിയ കാലപരിവർത്തനങ്ങളെ കണ്ടു; ത്രയോദശി അമാവാസ്യപോലെ ഇരുണ്ടതായി കണ്ടപ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം ഈ വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• paśyan: seeing
• paśyan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paśyat (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्यय from √paś/√dṛś)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘hṛṣīkeśaḥ’)

• hṛṣīkeśaḥ: Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• hṛṣīkeśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः hṛṣīka + īśa (तत्पुरुष); कर्ता

• saṃprāptān: that had arrived
• saṃprāptān: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃprāpta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय from √āp with saṃ-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘kālaparyayān’)

• kālaparyayān: turns/changes of time
• kālaparyayān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + paryaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; समासः kāla + paryaya (तत्पुरुष); कर्म

• trayodaśīm: the thirteenth lunar day
• trayodaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• hi: indeed
• hi: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• amāvāsyām: on the new-moon day
• amāvāsyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time-locative)

• tām: that (day)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (refers to trayodaśīm)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• prābravīt: said/spoke forth
• prābravīt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√brū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः pra-

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object of speech)

Speaker

Sūta narrating; quoted speaker within verse: Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa (Hṛṣīkeśa) stands calm amid gathering darkness; the sky resembles new-moon gloom though it is trayodaśī; he turns to address the Yādavas, his face grave and compassionate.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Amāvāsyā
• Trayodaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (kāla) is a divine force; recognizing its signs, the wise act promptly in dharmic ways rather than clinging to complacency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the broader destination implied, where purification and auspicious resolution are sought.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A calendrical anomaly is noted (trayodaśī like amāvāsyā), serving as an omen; the explicit remedy (tīrthayātrā/śānti) comes in subsequent verses.