Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एतद्गौरीव्रतंनाम तृतीयायां तु कारयेत् । अप्रसूता च या नारी या नारी दुर्भगा भवेत्

Transliteration

etadgaurīvrataṃnāma tṛtīyāyāṃ tu kārayet | aprasūtā ca yā nārī yā nārī durbhagā bhavet

Translation

ଏହାକୁ ‘ଗୌରୀ-ବ୍ରତ’ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ; ତୃତୀୟା ତିଥିରେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ଯେ ନାରୀ ସନ୍ତାନହୀନ, ଏବଂ ଯେ ନାରୀ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟଗ୍ରସ୍ତ—

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• gaurī-vratam: Gaurī’s vow/rite
• gaurī-vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गौर्याः व्रतम्)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; ‘नाम’ इति निपात/अव्यय (called/namely)

• tṛtīyāyām: on the third (tithi)
• tṛtīyāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the third lunar day)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वय (but/indeed)

• kārayet: should cause to be done/should perform
• kārayet: Kriyā (Injunction/विधि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative/imperative sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) ‘कारयेत्’ = ‘करयेत्/कारयेत्’

• aprasūtā: childless/not yet delivered
• aprasūtā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-prasūtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग ‘अ-’ (not having given birth)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• durbhagā: unfortunate
• durbhagā: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-bhagā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘दुर्’ उपसर्ग + ‘भग’ (fortune)

• bhavet: may become/would be
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vrata-setting in Prabhāsa: women gathered on tṛtīyā, holding offerings (flowers, lamps), listening to the naming of Gaurī-vrata and its fruits for childlessness and misfortune.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī-vrata
• Tṛtīyā tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic vrata-dharma offers structured hope: disciplined observance on sacred tithis is presented as a means to remove obstacles and restore auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the locus for the Varadā Gaurī vrata teaching in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the Gaurī-vrata specifically on tṛtīyā (the third lunar day), aimed particularly at women seeking relief from misfortune or childlessness.