Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्मन्वन्तरे देवि यश्चादौ रोहिणीपतिः । समुद्रगर्भात्संजातः सलक्ष्मीकौस्तुभादिभिः

Transliteration

tasminmanvantare devi yaścādau rohiṇīpatiḥ | samudragarbhātsaṃjātaḥ salakṣmīkaustubhādibhiḥ

Translation

ในมันวันตระนั้น โอ เทวี ผู้ซึ่งในปฐมกาลได้เป็นเจ้าแห่งโรหิณี คือพระจันทร์ ได้อุบัติจากครรภ์แห่งมหาสมุทร พร้อมด้วยพระลักษมี แก้วเกาสตุภะ และทรัพย์ทิพย์อื่น ๆ

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मन्वन्तरे: in (that) manvantara
• मन्वन्तरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (in the Manu-period)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक (at the beginning)

• रोहिणीपतिः: the lord of Rohiṇī (the Moon)
• रोहिणीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lord/husband of Rohiṇī)

• समुद्रगर्भात्: from the ocean-depth
• समुद्रगर्भात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (from the ocean’s womb/depth)

• संजातः: was born/arose
• संजातः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकर्तरि कृदन्त (Past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स: together with
• स: Sahartha (Accompaniment marker/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थे)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-पूर्वपद (with, together with)

• लक्ष्मी: Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मी: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (component in compound)

• कौस्तुभ: Kaustubha (jewel)
• कौस्तुभ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौस्तुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (component in compound)

• आदिभिः: and others
• आदिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = etc., with others

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Samudra (mythic) / Prabhāsa coast (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic vision overlays the dialogue: from the ocean’s depths arise the Moon (Niśākara), Lakṣmī, Kaustubha, and other treasures—radiant forms emerging amid waves and celestial light.

Characters & Entities

• Rohiṇī
• Candra (Moon)
• Samudra (Ocean)
• Lakṣmī
• Kaustubha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great cosmic manifestations arise by divine ordinance; sacred narratives connect celestial beings to Dharma-bearing events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somnātha at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, since Candra’s story is central to the shrine’s name and fame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse recounts mythic origins connected to the place’s sanctity.