Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अयने चोत्तरे प्राप्ते यः कुर्याद्घृत कम्बलम् । न स भूयोऽत्र संसारे जन्म प्राप्नोति दारुणम्

Transliteration

ayane cottare prāpte yaḥ kuryādghṛta kambalam | na sa bhūyo'tra saṃsāre janma prāpnoti dāruṇam

Translation

เมื่อถึงอุตตรายณะ (ช่วงอายันเหนือ) ผู้ใดประกอบพิธี “ฆฤต-กัมพละ” คือผ้าห่มเนยใสด้วยศรัทธา ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่กลับไปเกิดอย่างน่าหวาดหวั่นในวัฏสงสารนี้อีก

Word by Word

• ayane: in the solstice/ayana
• ayane: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction)

• uttare: northern
• uttare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); viśeṣaṇa of ayane

• prāpte: having arrived; occurred
• prāpte: Kālādhi-karaṇa (Time circumstance/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Kta-participle (क्त), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular), Napuṃsaka; locative absolute with ayane uttare: ‘when the northern ayana has arrived’

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• kuryāt: should make; would do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Liṅ-lakāra (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• ghṛta-kambalam: a ghee(-soaked) blanket
• ghṛta-kambalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + kambala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.)/Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.) as object; Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); समास: ghṛtena (or ghṛta-) sambandhī kambalaḥ ‘ghee-soaked blanket/blanket of ghee’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; niṣedha (negation particle)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• bhūyaḥ: again; further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (punar-artha)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (locative adverb)

• saṃsāre: in worldly existence
• saṃsāre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• janma: birth
• janma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• prāpnoti: attains; obtains
• prāpnoti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• dāruṇam: terrible; dreadful
• dāruṇam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); viśeṣaṇa of janma

Speaker

Implied Īśvara (Śiva), addressing Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa by the sea, pilgrims at dawn in uttarāyaṇa offer a ‘ghee-blanket’—a cloth saturated with clarified butter—before a Śiva-liṅga, with lamps and conch-sounds; the sun rises over the waters as priests recite mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Uttarāyaṇa (northern solstice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right time joined with right offering can transform destiny—seasonal dharma and charity reduce suffering in rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra broadly, within the Caṇḍīśa Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During uttarāyaṇa, perform the ghṛta-kambala rite (a ghee-based charitable/ritual offering) for protection from dreadful rebirth.