Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

दैवज्ञा ऊचुः । एष ते पृथिवीपाल जातः पुत्रः सुगर्हित । काले ऽनिष्टप्रदे रौद्रे गंडांत त्रितयोद्भवे

Transliteration

daivajñā ūcuḥ | eṣa te pṛthivīpāla jātaḥ putraḥ sugarhita | kāle 'niṣṭaprade raudre gaṃḍāṃta tritayodbhave

Translation

โหราจารย์ทั้งหลายกล่าวว่า: ข้าแต่พระราชาผู้ครองแผ่นดิน พระโอรสของพระองค์ประสูติในกาลอันน่าติเตียนยิ่ง—เป็นยามดุร้ายให้ผลอัปมงคล ณ รอยต่อ “คัณฑานตะ” อันเกิดจากการบรรจบสามประการ

Word by Word

• दैवज्ञाः: astrologers
• दैवज्ञाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पृथिवीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• पृथिवीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पृथिव्याः पालः)

• जातः: born
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘born/has been born’

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुगर्हित: O much-blamed / ill-fated (one)
• सुगर्हित: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + गर्हित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• काले: at a time
• काले: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• अनिष्टप्रदे: giving misfortune
• अनिष्टप्रदे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिष्ट + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भावः (अनिष्टं प्रददाति इति)

• रौद्रे: fierce, dreadful
• रौद्रे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of kāla)

• गण्डान्त: at the junction (gaṇḍānta)
• गण्डान्त: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्ड + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गण्डस्य अन्तः)

• त्रितयोद्भवे: arising from a triad
• त्रितयोद्भवे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रितय + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रितयात् उद्भवः)

Speaker

Daivajñas (astrologers)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pṛthivīpāla (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Court astrologers (daivajñas) stand before a worried king, pointing to a horoscope/yantra-like chart; the atmosphere is tense, with symbols of gaṇḍānta (junction) and darkened sky motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Daivajñas
• Prabhañjana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray time (kāla) as morally consequential; inauspicious conditions call for heightened dharmic care, remedial rites, and wise restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is omen-focused and does not name a tīrtha; it functions as a narrative cause leading toward later sacred actions within the mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No remedy is specified in this verse; it identifies the birth as occurring in an inauspicious gaṇḍānta time, implying the need for later śānti/pravṛtti measures.