Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

दीर्घिकोवाच । यद्येवं मरणं पत्युः प्रभाते संभविष्यति । मदीयस्य ततः प्रातर्नोद्गमिष्यति भास्करः

Transliteration

dīrghikovāca | yadyevaṃ maraṇaṃ patyuḥ prabhāte saṃbhaviṣyati | madīyasya tataḥ prātarnodgamiṣyati bhāskaraḥ

Translation

ทีรฆิกากล่าวว่า: หากความตายของสามีข้าจะบังเกิดยามรุ่งอรุณดังนี้ เพราะข้าแล้ว พระภาสกรจักไม่อุบัติขึ้นในยามเช้า

Word by Word

• dīrghikā: Dīrghikā
• dīrghikā: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīrghikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• evam: thus, so
• evam: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• maraṇam: death
• maraṇam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• patyuḥ: of (my) husband
• patyuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prabhāte: at dawn; in the morning
• prabhāte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• saṃbhaviṣyati: will happen/occur
• saṃbhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• madīyasya: of mine; my
• madīyasya: Sambandha/Viśeṣaṇa (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madīya (प्रातिपदिक; asmad-सम्बन्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (bhāskarasya इति)

• tataḥ: then; therefore
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/then)

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (in the morning)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• udgamiṣyati: will rise
• udgamiṣyati: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud+gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhāskaraḥ: the sun
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Dīrghikā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dīrghikā, resolute and fierce, declares the sun will not rise; the horizon holds back light, as if the cosmos pauses at her vow.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghikā
• Bhāskara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma exalts pativratā-niṣṭhā (steadfast fidelity) as a spiritual power capable of influencing even cosmic rhythms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting frames the miracle, but the site name is not specified in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the verse presents a vow-like declaration rooted in dharmic resolve.