Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

प्रौष्ठपद्यसिते पक्षे षष्ठ्यामंगारको यदि । व्यतीपातश्च रोहिण्यां सा षष्ठी कपिला स्मृता

Transliteration

prauṣṭhapadyasite pakṣe ṣaṣṭhyāmaṃgārako yadi | vyatīpātaśca rohiṇyāṃ sā ṣaṣṭhī kapilā smṛtā

Translation

പ്രൗഷ്ഠപദീ മാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ലപക്ഷ ഷഷ്ഠിയിൽ ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച വരികയും, രോഹിണി നക്ഷത്രത്തിൽ വ്യതീപാത യോഗവും ഉണ്ടാകുകയുമെങ്കിൽ—ആ ഷഷ്ഠി ‘കപിലാ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• प्रौष्ठपद्यसिते: in the bright (white) [fortnight] of Prauṣṭhapada
• प्रौष्ठपद्यसिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रौष्ठपद (प्रातिपदिक) + सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); पक्षे इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (tithi)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अङ्गारकः: Mars (planet)
• अङ्गारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional)

• व्यतीपातः: Vyatīpāta (astronomical yoga)
• व्यतीपातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• रोहिण्याम्: in (the nakṣatra) Rohiṇī
• रोहिण्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सा: that (tithi)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• षष्ठी: the sixth (tithi)
• षष्ठी: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कपिला: Kapilā (named ‘tawny/brown’)
• कपिला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• स्मृता: is remembered/called
• स्मृता: Kriya (Predication/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is called/considered)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic celestial tableau: the lunar day Ṣaṣṭhī marked on a calendar, Mars highlighted as weekday lord, Rohiṇī star emphasized, and the Vyatīpāta yoga indicated; below, Prabhāsa pilgrims prepare for the vrata at Kapileśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Prauṣṭhapadī (Bhādrapada)
• Śukla Pakṣa
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Aṅgāraka (Mars)
• Vyatīpāta
• Rohiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Traditional vrata power is tied to sacred calendrics; cosmic order (kāla) is treated as a vehicle of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse defines the Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī timing; within the chapter it supports observance at Kapileśvara in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes the qualifying calendar conditions (month/fortnight, ṣaṣṭhī, Mars, Vyatīpāta, Rohiṇī) for Kapilā Ṣaṣṭhī.