Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

संजातो रोहिणीनाथो योऽधुना वर्त्तते प्रिये । तस्योत्पत्तिप्रसंगेन विष्णोर्मानुषसंभवान्

Transliteration

saṃjāto rohiṇīnātho yo'dhunā varttate priye | tasyotpattiprasaṃgena viṣṇormānuṣasaṃbhavān

Translation

ହେ ପ୍ରିୟେ, ଯେ ରୋହିଣୀନାଥ (ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର) ଏବେ ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ, ସେ ଜନ୍ମିଛି; ତାହାର ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି-ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କ ମାନୁଷରୂପ ଅବତାରମାନଙ୍କ କଥା (ବର୍ଣ୍ଣିତ ହେବ)।

Word by Word

• संजातः: born; arisen
• संजातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past participle ‘born/produced’

• रोहिणीनाथः: lord of Rohiṇī
• रोहिणीनाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रोहिण्याः नाथः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वर्तते: exists; is present; continues
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रिये: O dear (lady)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन; संबोधन-प्रयोग ‘O dear’

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• उत्पत्ति-प्रसङ्गेन: by the occasion/context of (his) birth
• उत्पत्ति-प्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उत्पत्तेः प्रसङ्गः), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; instrumental ‘by/through the occasion of (his) birth’

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• मानुष-सम्भवान्: human incarnations/births
• मानुष-सम्भवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (मानुषः सम्भवः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; object of implied verb (e.g., ‘will tell’)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing Devī/Varānanā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Moon (Candra), crowned and luminous, emerges in a birth-scene motif; Rohiṇī is symbolized by a star/consort figure. The narrator gestures from this lunar tableau toward a procession of Viṣṇu’s human avatāras appearing as faint vignettes.

Characters & Entities

• Rohiṇī
• Candra (implied by Rohiṇīnātha)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion appears through human-form avatāras, connected to the unfolding of time and lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the broader context; the verse transitions into avatāra narration rather than describing a ritual at a specific spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition.