Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

संगवस्त्रिमुहूर्तोऽयं मध्याह्नस्तु समन्ततः । ततश्च त्रिमुहूर्ताश्च अपराह्णो विधीयते

Transliteration

saṃgavastrimuhūrto'yaṃ madhyāhnastu samantataḥ | tataśca trimuhūrtāśca aparāhṇo vidhīyate

Translation

กาลชื่อ ‘สังควะ (Saṃgava)’ มีสามมุหูรตะ; ส่วน ‘มัธยาหนะ (madhyāhna)’ คือเที่ยงวันแผ่ครอบคลุมโดยรอบ แล้วภายหลังจึงกำหนดอีกสามมุหูรตะเป็น ‘อปราหฺณะ (aparāhṇa)’ คือยามบ่าย

Word by Word

• संगवः: (the period called) saṅgava
• संगवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-नाम

• त्रि-मुहूर्तः: consisting of three muhūrtas
• त्रि-मुहूर्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (संख्यापूर्वकः)

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

• मध्याह्नः: midday
• मध्याह्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-नाम

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• समन्ततः: entirely/throughout
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (entirely/all around)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kala-krama (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (thereafter/from that)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्रि-मुहूर्ताः: three muhūrtas
• त्रि-मुहूर्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपराह्णः: afternoon
• अपराह्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराह्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-नाम

• विधीयते: is prescribed/assigned
• विधीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A day-wheel diagram with five divisions; a priest marks three-muhūrta blocks for saṃgava and aparāhṇa, with the sun at zenith for madhyāhna; pilgrims wait with offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Muhūrta divisions

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through orderly structure; even time is sanctified by clear divisions for worship and offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a place where precise observance of rites yields true merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Definition of saṃgava, madhyāhna, and aparāhṇa in terms of muhūrta-counts for ritual timing.