Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एतदेव तु विज्ञेयं ग्रहणे चोत्तरायणे । संक्रांतिदिनच्छिद्रेषु षडशीतिमुखेषु च

Transliteration

etadeva tu vijñeyaṃ grahaṇe cottarāyaṇe | saṃkrāṃtidinacchidreṣu ṣaḍaśītimukheṣu ca

Translation

Ang kaparehong tuntuning ito ay dapat ding maunawaan na umiiral sa mga oras ng eklipse, sa panahon ng pag-akyat ng Araw sa hilaga (Uttarāyaṇa), sa mga araw ng Saṅkrānti at sa mahahalagang sandali ng paglipat, at gayundin sa mga mapalad na sandaling “anim-at-walumpu’t-anim”.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative/contrastive particle)

• विज्ञेयम्: to be known/understood
• विज्ञेयम्: Vidhi (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (तव्य/यत्-अर्थे), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; gerundive: 'to be known'

• ग्रहणे: at an eclipse
• ग्रहणे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

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

• उत्तरायणे: at the northern solstice period (uttarāyaṇa)
• उत्तरायणे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरायण (प्रातिपदिक; उत्तर + अयन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• संक्रान्तिदिनच्छिद्रेषु: in the intercalary/critical moments of saṅkrānti-days
• संक्रान्तिदिनच्छिद्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति + दिन + छिद्र (प्रातिपदिक; components: संक्रान्ति-दिन-छिद्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural

• षडशीतिमुखेषु: in the 'eighty-six openings' (auspicious junctures)
• षडशीतिमुखेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षडशीति + मुख (प्रातिपदिक; षडशीति-मुख)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Locative plural

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

Speaker

Śiva (as Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra praise context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha/Prabhāsa (parva-kāla application)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic calendar visualization: sun’s northward turn (uttarāyaṇa), saṅkrānti threshold, eclipse shadow over moon/sun, and a wheel of auspicious muhūrtas; pilgrims performing pūjā and dāna at Somnātha during these junctures.

Characters & Entities

• Grahaṇa (eclipse)
• Uttarāyaṇa
• Saṅkrānti
• Ṣaḍaśīti-mukha (auspicious time-junctures)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic practice is strengthened by right timing; certain cosmic transitions are treated as spiritually potent gateways.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra and the Somnātha-centered worship system tied to sacred calendrical moments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform worship/arcana during eclipses, Uttarāyaṇa, saṅkrānti days (especially their junctures), and other recognized auspicious time-openings.