Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

शुक्रांगारकसंयुक्ता चतुर्थी या भवेत्क्वचित् । षष्ठी वात्र वरारोहे तत्र श्राद्धे महत्फलम्

Transliteration

śukrāṃgārakasaṃyuktā caturthī yā bhavetkvacit | ṣaṣṭhī vātra varārohe tatra śrāddhe mahatphalam

Translation

โอ้ผู้เลอโฉม หากวันจตุรถีบังเอิญตรงกับวันศุกร์และวันอังคาร หรือหากที่นี่เป็นวันษัษฐีแล้วไซร้ การประกอบศราทธะในกาลนั้นย่อมให้ผลยิ่งใหญ่

Word by Word

• śukra-aṃgāraka-saṃyuktā: combined with (the influence of) Venus and Mars
• śukra-aṃgāraka-saṃyuktā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃgāraka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त, √yuj (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शुक्राङ्गारकाभ्यां संयुक्ता)

• caturthī: the fourth (lunar day)
• caturthī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक/संख्यावाचक संज्ञा

• yā: which
• yā: Anvayi (Relative pronoun/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• bhavet: may occur / may be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kvacit: at some time; somewhere; occasionally
• kvacit: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• ṣaṣṭhī: the sixth (lunar day)
• ṣaṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक संज्ञा

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• varārohe: O fair-hipped lady
• varārohe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varārohā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (वरः आरोहः यस्याः)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• śrāddhe: in the śrāddha rite
• śrāddhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मकाण्डवाचक संज्ञा

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम् इति विशेष्य)

• phalam: fruit; result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; narrator addressing a woman (varārohe) while describing calendrical combinations and śrāddha फल within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A woman addressed as ‘varārohe’ (fair one)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-marked ritual day: priests indicate the auspicious conjunction; a woman addressed as ‘varārohe’ listens while preparations for śrāddha proceed at the tīrtha bank.

Characters & Entities

• Caturthī
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Śukravāra (Friday)
• Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing (tithi and weekday yoga) strengthens the efficacy of ancestral rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The timing rules are presented within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra framework, closely tied to Puṣkara-tīrtha in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha on special calendrical occasions—Caturthī joined with Friday and Tuesday, or on Ṣaṣṭhī—said to yield great merit.