Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यदागतः प्रतीहारस्तदा सारस्वतेन सा । वृता चान्द्रायणेनैव मासमेकं निरन्तरम्

Transliteration

yadāgataḥ pratīhārastadā sārasvatena sā | vṛtā cāndrāyaṇenaiva māsamekaṃ nirantaram

Translation

เมื่อประทีหาระมาถึง นางกำลังประพฤติวินัยสารถวตะ และได้ถือพรตจันทรายณะติดต่อกันครบหนึ่งเดือนเต็ม

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• āgataḥ: arrived
• āgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) + ā- (उपसर्ग) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'come/arrived'

• pratīhāraḥ: doorkeeper/attendant
• pratīhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratīhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• sārasvatena: by the Sārasvata (rite/observance)
• sārasvatena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-भाव (instrument/means)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vṛtā: undertook/observed
• vṛtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (वृञ्/वृ) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'observed/undertook'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• āndrāyaṇena: by the Cāndrāyaṇa vow
• āndrāyaṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āndrāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन-भाव (instrument/means)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: 'indeed/only')

• māsam: for a month
• māsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration as object)

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies māsam)

• nirantaram: continuously
• nirantaram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative: 'continuously')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman (implied by ‘tasyāḥ’) continues a month-long Cāndrāyaṇa along with Sārasvata discipline; the moment is quiet—lamp-lit, with measured food, prayer, and lunar awareness—just as the pratīhāra arrives.

Characters & Entities

• Pratīhāra
• Sārasvata vrata/observance
• Cāndrāyaṇa vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, uninterrupted vrata-observance is depicted as a powerful means of inner purification, especially when connected to a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing narrative is set within Vastrāpatha tīrtha’s māhātmya in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Sārasvata discipline and the Cāndrāyaṇa vow continuously for one month.