Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

उपरागसहस्रेण सममर्धोददयं स्मृतम् । अर्धोदयसमः कालो नास्ति संसारमोचकः

Transliteration

uparāgasahasreṇa samamardhodadayaṃ smṛtam | ardhodayasamaḥ kālo nāsti saṃsāramocakaḥ

Translation

Ardhodaya diingati setara dengan seribu gerhana. Tiada masa yang menyamai Ardhodaya sebagai pembebas daripada belenggu saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• uparāga-sahasreṇa: by a thousand eclipses
• uparāga-sahasreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uparāga (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपरागानां सहस्रेण), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सहस्र), तृतीया, एकवचन

• samam: equal(ly)
• samam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• ardha-udayam: the Ardhodaya (auspicious time)
• ardha-udayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अर्धस्य उदयः/अर्धोदयः), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे नपुंसकत्वं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• smṛtam: is declared/remembered (as)
• smṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः ‘(इति) स्मृतम्’

• ardha-udaya-samaḥ: equal to Ardhodaya
• ardha-udaya-samaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ardha-udaya (समास-प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अर्धोदयेन समः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• kālaḥ: time
• kālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• asti: exists
• asti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• saṃsāra-mocakaḥ: liberator from saṃsāra
• saṃsāra-mocakaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + mocaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (संसारस्य मोचकः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: a thousand eclipse-discs contrasted with a single radiant Ardhodaya moment over the sea at Setu, pilgrims poised for liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Ardhodaya
• Setu (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing magnifies spiritual practice; Ardhodaya is upheld as uniquely capable of loosening the grip of saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Setukhaṇḍa, the implication is Ardhodaya observance at Setu-kṣetra as a supreme liberating opportunity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prioritize spiritual observances—especially snāna—during Ardhodaya, regarded as extraordinarily merit-giving.