Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सप्त विशतिं सोमाय चतस्रोऽरिष्टनेमिने । द्वे चैव भृगुपुत्राय द्वे कृशाश्वाय धीमते

Transliteration

sapta viśatiṃ somāya catasro'riṣṭanemine | dve caiva bhṛguputrāya dve kṛśāśvāya dhīmate

Translation

ထို့ပြင် သမီးတော် ၂၇ ပါးကို ဆိုမ (Soma) ထံသို့၊ ၄ ပါးကို အရိဋ္ဌနေမိ (Ariṣṭanemi) ထံသို့၊ ၂ ပါးကို ဘೃဂု၏ သား (Bhṛgu-putra) ထံသို့၊ ၂ ပါးကို ပညာရှိ ကೃရှာશ્વ (Kṛśāśva) ထံသို့ ပေးအပ်လေ၏။

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे (seven [daughters])

• विशतिम्: twenty
• विशतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (twenty)

• सोमाय: to Soma (Moon)
• सोमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चतस्रः: four
• चतस्रः: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतस्ृ (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (four [daughters])

• अरिष्टनेमिने: to Ariṣṭanemi
• अरिष्टनेमिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्टनेमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सम्भाव्य (अरिष्टः नेमिः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• भृगुपुत्राय: to Bhṛgu's son
• भृगुपुत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भृगोः पुत्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• कृशाश्वाय: to Kṛśāśva
• कृशाश्वाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृशाश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृशः अश्वः यस्य/नाम), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धीमते: to the wise one
• धीमते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कृशाश्वाय’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma (Moon-god) receiving twenty-seven radiant daughters as nakṣatra-brides, arranged like a star-garland; other recipients (Ariṣṭanemi, Bhṛgu’s son, Kṛśāśva) stand as sages/devas in a cosmic pavilion.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Ariṣṭanemi
• Bhṛgu (son reference)
• Kṛśāśva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is portrayed as ordered through sacred relationships—Soma’s twenty-seven connections echo timekeeping and cosmic rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, contextualizing Soma/Candra within the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.