Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

क्षयस्ते भविता पक्षं पक्षं वृद्धिर्भविष्यति । अथान्यद्वचनं चन्द्र शृणु कार्यं यथा त्वया

Transliteration

kṣayaste bhavitā pakṣaṃ pakṣaṃ vṛddhirbhaviṣyati | athānyadvacanaṃ candra śṛṇu kāryaṃ yathā tvayā

Translation

Engkau akan menyusut selama setengah bulan dan akan membesar kembali selama setengah bulan. Dan kini, wahai Candra, dengarlah satu lagi titah—apa yang harus engkau lakukan.

Word by Word

• kṣayaḥ: waning, decrease
• kṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bhavitā: will be
• bhavitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pakṣam: for a fortnight
• pakṣam: Kala-adhikarana (Time-span/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (for a fortnight)

• pakṣam: (each) fortnight
• pakṣam: Kala-adhikarana (Time-span/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each fortnight)

• vṛddhiḥ: increase, waxing
• vṛddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• atha: then, now
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• anyat: another
• anyat: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वचनम्-विशेषण

• vacanam: statement, instruction
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• candra: O Moon
• candra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• śṛṇu: hear, listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kāryam: what is to be done
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (कृ-धातु से, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'कार्यं' = कर्तव्यं/करणीयम् (thing to be done)

• yathā: as, in such a way
• yathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as, in the manner that)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience/interlocutor (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity decrees the Moon’s fortnightly waning and waxing, establishing the pakṣa system; Candra listens attentively to further instructions, with the sea-coast and a distant liṅga-temple aura implied.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Soma)
• Śiva (Maheśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order (ṛta) restores balance: even a curse becomes regulated through Śiva’s grace and dharmic rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha), famed for restoring Soma’s brilliance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it introduces Śiva’s instruction that leads into the Prabhāsa-liṅga narrative.