Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ततः प्रदोषसमये रुक्मिणी काममोहिनी । सखीभिः सहिता याता पूर्बहिश्चाम्बिकार्चने

Transliteration

tataḥ pradoṣasamaye rukmiṇī kāmamohinī | sakhībhiḥ sahitā yātā pūrbahiścāmbikārcane

Translation

ครั้นถึงยามสนธยาปรโทษ นางรุกมินีผู้ชวนใจให้หลงด้วยความรัก ได้ไปพร้อมสหายสตรีทั้งหลายยังด้านทิศตะวันออกภายนอก เพื่อบูชาเทวีอัมพิกา

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Sequence/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• प्रदोषसमये: at dusk-time
• प्रदोषसमये: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदोष (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (at the time of dusk)

• रुक्मिणी: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• काममोहिनी: enchanting (bewitching) with love/desire
• काममोहिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + मोहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयार्थः (one who enchants by/with desire); रुक्मिण्याः विशेषणम्

• सखीभिः: with (her) friends
• सखीभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचनम्

• सहिता: accompanied
• सहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) / सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘सहित’ (accompanied); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; रुक्मिण्याः विशेषणम्

• याता: went
• याता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; ‘गता’ अर्थे (went)

• पूर्वबहिः: to the front/outside
• पूर्वबहिः: Kriya-vishesana (Place/manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय-निपातः (conjunction)

• अम्बिकार्चने: for Ambikā’s worship
• अम्बिकार्चने: Adhikarana (Purpose/occasion locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (in/for the worship of Ambikā)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: narrative continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: अम्बिका-स्थान (कुण्डिन)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: युधिष्ठिर

Visual Art Cues

Scene: प्रदोष की संध्या—दीपों से आलोकित अम्बिका-मन्दिर; रुक्मिणी सखियों सहित पूर्व-द्वार से निकलती, हाथ में पुष्प-थाल, लज्जा-प्रेम मिश्रित भाव

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī
• Pradoṣa
• Ambikā (Devī)
• Sakhīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious timing and sincere devotion—especially to the Divine Mother—sanctify life’s turning points.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

An Ambikā shrine at/near Kuṇḍina is implied; within the Skanda Purāṇa’s sacred-geography ethos, Devī temples mark protective nodes for devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ambikā-arcana (worship of the Goddess) at pradoṣa (twilight), implying offerings, prayers, and circumambulation according to custom.