Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यातायातैर्दिनेशस्य पूर्य्यते ब्रह्मणो दिनम् । दिनांते जायते रात्री रात्रौ नश्यंति देवताः

Transliteration

yātāyātairdineśasya pūryyate brahmaṇo dinam | dināṃte jāyate rātrī rātrau naśyaṃti devatāḥ

Translation

സൂര്യന്റെ ഗമനാഗമനങ്ങളാൽ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ ഒരു ദിവസം പൂർണ്ണമാകുന്നു; ദിനാന്തത്തിൽ രാത്രി ഉദിക്കുന്നു, ആ രാത്രിയിൽ ദേവന്മാർ ലയിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यातायातैः: by the comings and goings
• यातायातैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातायात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व: यात + आयात (going and coming)

• दिनेशस्य: of the sun
• दिनेशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिनेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: दिनस्य ईशः (lord of the day = sun)

• पूर्यते: is completed
• पूर्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे: is filled/completed

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• दिनम्: day
• दिनम्: Karta (Grammatical subject in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; ‘पूर्यते’ इत्यस्य कर्तृ/कर्मभावः (subject in passive sense)

• दिन-अन्ते: at day’s end
• दिन-अन्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: दिनस्य अन्तः (at the end of the day)

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; धातु: जन् (to be born/arise)

• रात्रिः: night
• रात्रिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikaraṇa (Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• नश्यन्ति: perish
• नश्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; धातु: नश् (to perish)

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

Speaker

Nārada (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau of the Sun’s daily course filling Brahmā’s day; at cosmic dusk, the devas fade into subtlety as night of Brahmā begins.

Characters & Entities

• Sun (Dineśa)
• Brahmā
• Devatās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine stations are time-bound; recognizing cosmic impermanence turns the mind toward the timeless sacred.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya, the teaching supports the site’s promise of refuge beyond changing cosmic cycles through Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is cosmological instruction about kāla (time) and dissolution.