Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एवं प्रतिज्ञासंयुक्ते निशानाथे तदांबिके । सर्वा रूपेण संयुक्तास्तस्य कन्या निवेदिताः

Transliteration

evaṃ pratijñāsaṃyukte niśānāthe tadāṃbike | sarvā rūpeṇa saṃyuktāstasya kanyā niveditāḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, ketika Penguasa malam (Dewa Bulan) terikat oleh janji sucinya, wahai Ibu Ambikā, semua gadis itu dipersembahkan kepadanya, kembali dianugerahi rupa elok dan sinar gemilang.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus, in this manner)

• प्रतिज्ञा: by a promise
• प्रतिज्ञा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वे)

• संयुक्ते: when (he) was joined/committed
• संयुक्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘joined/connected’

• निशानाथे: in/with the lord of night (the Moon)
• निशानाथे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘निशायाः नाथः’ = चन्द्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• अम्बिके: O Ambikā (Goddess)
• अम्बिके: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• रूपेण: by (their) form/beauty
• रूपेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• संयुक्ताः: endowed, possessed
• संयुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘endowed/connected’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कन्याः: daughters
• कन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• निवेदिताः: were presented (to him)
• निवेदिताः: Kriyā (Main predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विद् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘were presented/informed’

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Ambikā / Devī as listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (addressed as Ambikā/Devi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Moon-god, constrained by a solemn promise, receives the assembled maidens again radiant—an aura of restored beauty surrounding them, with a divine courtly stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Niśānātha (Soma/Moon)
• Ambikā (Devī, as addressee)
• Dakṣa’s daughters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a wrongdoer accepts dharma and keeps a vow, harmony returns and lost ‘splendor’ (śrī/rūpa) is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, praising Prabhāsa by weaving moral restoration into its sacred narrative landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the emphasized prescription is fidelity to one’s promise (pratijñā) as a dharmic act.