Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

न दौर्भाग्यं कुले तस्याः क्वचित्प्राप्स्यंति योषितः । माघमासे तृतीयायामुपवासपरायणा

Transliteration

na daurbhāgyaṃ kule tasyāḥ kvacitprāpsyaṃti yoṣitaḥ | māghamāse tṛtīyāyāmupavāsaparāyaṇā

Translation

மাঘ மாதத்தின் திதி மூன்றாம் நாளில் நோன்பில் உறுதியாக இருப்பவர்களின் குலத்தில் பெண்களுக்கு எங்கும் துரதிர்ஷ்டம் ஏற்படாது.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• दौर्भाग्यम्: misfortune
• दौर्भाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौर्भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: ever/anywhere
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Indefinite locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-अनिश्चितता (ever/anywhere)

• प्राप्स्यन्ति: will obtain/encounter
• प्राप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); बहुवचन

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Vedic/epic form; = योषितः/योषितः स्त्रियः)

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघमास (प्रातिपदिक: माघ + मास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (माघस्य मासः)

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (on the third lunar day)

• उपवास-परायणा: devoted to fasting
• उपवास-परायणा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (या नारी); तत्पुरुषः (उपवासे परायणा = devoted to fasting)

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varadā-Devī at Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Women devotees/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women devotees observe a Māgha-tṛtīyā fast at Prabhāsa—simple attire, restrained demeanor—offering lamps and flowers to Devī Varadā, with an atmosphere of disciplined auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha-māsa
• Tṛtīyā tithi
• Varadā Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Family well-being is protected through disciplined vrata—fasting on an auspicious tithi dedicated to Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Varadā Gaurī’s worship is linked to the Māgha-tṛtīyā observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on tṛtīyā during Māgha-māsa, undertaken with devotion as part of Devī worship.