Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततो देवैः कृतं साम ग्रहमध्ये प्रतिष्ठितः । प्रतिज्ञाते ग्रहेऽस्माकं ततो मे भयमाविशत्

Transliteration

tato devaiḥ kṛtaṃ sāma grahamadhye pratiṣṭhitaḥ | pratijñāte grahe'smākaṃ tato me bhayamāviśat

Translation

Kemudian para dewa mengucapkan kata-kata pendamaian, lalu dia tetap berdiri di tengah-tengah gerhana. Namun apabila gerhana yang menimpa kami itu dipersetujui dan ditetapkan, ketakutan pun menyelubungi diriku.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभव (then/thereupon)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karta/Agent (by the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• कृतम्: made, done
• कृतम्: Kriyā (Predicate; 'was made')
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'done/made'

• साम: conciliation, appeasement
• साम: Karma (Object of 'made')
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'conciliation/appeasement'

• ग्रहमध्ये: in the midst of the planets
• ग्रहमध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ग्रहस्य मध्ये); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितः: was stationed, established
• प्रतिष्ठितः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'was established/stationed'

• प्रतिज्ञाते: when promised
• प्रतिज्ञाते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute condition)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ति + ज्ञा (धातु) → प्रतिज्ञात (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute): 'when (it was) promised'

• ग्रहॆ: in the planet (as a station)
• ग्रहॆ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative in locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; 'of us'

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; 'then/thereupon'

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूप (enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (to me/of me)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आविशत्: entered, came upon
• आविशत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Candra (Soma), addressing Śiva (deduced from Niśānātha context in following verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas offer sāma (conciliatory speech) to Rāhu; he stands poised in the ‘middle’ of eclipse, while the speaker feels fear as the arrangement is fixed.

Characters & Entities

• Deva(s)
• Graha (eclipse/seizure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even celestial beings experience fear during cosmic disorder; refuge and resolution are sought through divine order and dharmic reconciliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Candrodbheda-tīrtha māhātmya in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it sets the narrative context for eclipse-related rites described later (snāna, dāna).