Shloka 34 - Adhyaya 105 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Portuguese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

तस्माच्च द्विगुणं ज्ञेयं निमिषांतं वरानने । निमिषैः पञ्चदशभिः काष्ठा इत्युच्यते बुधैः । त्रिंशद्भिश्चैव काष्ठाभिः कला प्रोक्ता मनीषिभिः

Transliteration

tasmācca dviguṇaṃ jñeyaṃ nimiṣāṃtaṃ varānane | nimiṣaiḥ pañcadaśabhiḥ kāṣṭhā ityucyate budhaiḥ | triṃśadbhiścaiva kāṣṭhābhiḥ kalā proktā manīṣibhiḥ

Translation

E o dobro disso deve ser conhecido como um ‘nimiṣa’, ó formosa. Quinze nimiṣas são chamados ‘kāṣṭhā’ pelos eruditos; e trinta kāṣṭhās são declarados uma ‘kalā’ pelos sábios.

Word by Word

तस्मात्from that

चand

द्विगुणम्double

ज्ञेयम्to be known/understood

निमिषान्तम्the end of a nimiṣa (i.e., a unit up to that point)

वराननेO fair-faced one

निमिषैःby/with nimiṣas

पञ्चदशभिःwith fifteen

काष्ठाa kāṣṭhā (unit of time)

इतिthus

उच्यतेis called

बुधैःby the wise

त्रिंशद्भिःwith thirty

चand

एवindeed

काष्ठाभिःby/with kāṣṭhās

कलाa kalā (unit of time)

प्रोक्ताdeclared

मनीषिभिःby the sages

Speaker

Unspecified (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator addressing ‘varānane’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devasenā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visual ‘staircase’ of time: truṭi doubling into nimeṣa, then clusters forming kāṣṭhā, then kalā—shown as grouped beads or lotus-petal counts while Skanda explains.

Characters & Entities

Truṭi

Nimiṣa

Kāṣṭhā

Kalā

Kāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred texts map time from minute instants upward, framing human life within a vast, ordered cosmic rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is embedded in Prabhāsa kṣetra’s māhātmya, though it focuses on kāla (time) rather than a local rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides a technical sequence of time-unit conversions.