Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

क्षयस्ते भविता पक्षं पक्षं वृद्धिर्भविष्यति । अथान्यद्वचनं चन्द्र शृणु कार्यं यथा त्वया

Transliteration

kṣayaste bhavitā pakṣaṃ pakṣaṃ vṛddhirbhaviṣyati | athānyadvacanaṃ candra śṛṇu kāryaṃ yathā tvayā

Translation

เจ้าจักเสื่อมลงตลอดครึ่งเดือน และจักเพิ่มพูนอีกครึ่งเดือน. บัดนี้ โอ้ จันทรา จงฟังพระบัญชาอีกประการ—สิ่งที่เจ้าพึงกระทำ

Word by Word

• kṣayaḥ: waning, decrease
• kṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• bhavitā: will be
• bhavitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pakṣam: for a fortnight
• pakṣam: Kala-adhikarana (Time-span/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (for a fortnight)

• pakṣam: (each) fortnight
• pakṣam: Kala-adhikarana (Time-span/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each fortnight)

• vṛddhiḥ: increase, waxing
• vṛddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• atha: then, now
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• anyat: another
• anyat: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वचनम्-विशेषण

• vacanam: statement, instruction
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• candra: O Moon
• candra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• śṛṇu: hear, listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kāryam: what is to be done
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (कृ-धातु से, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'कार्यं' = कर्तव्यं/करणीयम् (thing to be done)

• yathā: as, in such a way
• yathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as, in the manner that)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience/interlocutor (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity decrees the Moon’s fortnightly waning and waxing, establishing the pakṣa system; Candra listens attentively to further instructions, with the sea-coast and a distant liṅga-temple aura implied.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Soma)
• Śiva (Maheśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order (ṛta) restores balance: even a curse becomes regulated through Śiva’s grace and dharmic rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha), famed for restoring Soma’s brilliance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it introduces Śiva’s instruction that leads into the Prabhāsa-liṅga narrative.