Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

न चान्यत्कारणं राजन्सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् । माघशुक्लतृतीयायां तत्र जातस्त्रिविक्रमः

Transliteration

na cānyatkāraṇaṃ rājansatyametanmayoditam | māghaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ tatra jātastrivikramaḥ

Translation

اے راجن! اس کے سوا کوئی اور سبب نہیں؛ جو میں نے کہا وہی سچ ہے۔ مाघ کے شُکل پکش کی تیسری تِتھی کو وہیں تری وِکرم کا جنم ہوا۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

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

• anyat: other
• anyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• kāraṇam: cause, reason
• kāraṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• satyam: true
• satyam: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter pronoun, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, Instrumental, Singular)

• uditam: spoken, stated
• uditam: Visheshana (Qualifier of 'etat'/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udita (कृदन्त; √vad/√ud?; here from √vad with ud-: उदित = 'said/uttered')
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP, Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• māgha-śukla-tṛtīyāyām: on the third (lunar day) of the bright fortnight of Māgha
• māgha-śukla-tṛtīyāyām: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक) + śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular); कालाधिकरण (time-locative)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• jātaḥ: born
• jātaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Singular)

• trivikramaḥ: Trivikrama (Vishnu)
• trivikramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya (to a king, addressed as rājan)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trivikrama-janma-smṛti tīrtha on Arbuda (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya raises his hand in oath-like assurance while indicating the lunar calendar; behind him, the Arbuda spring/cleft glows, and Trivikrama’s symbolic three strides appear as cosmic footprints across sky, earth, and heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Trivikrama
• Viṣṇu
• Māgha-śukla-tṛtīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place together intensify merit; remembering divine birth-events sanctifies pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Arbuda-khaṇḍa locality where Trivikrama’s birth is said to have occurred, anchoring the tīrtha’s fame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A timing indication: Māgha-śukla-tṛtīyā is highlighted as an especially significant day for observance/visit.