Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

श्वेतकल्पात्समारभ्य यावद्वाराहगोचरम् । समतीताश्च ये चन्द्रास्ताञ्छृणुष्व वरानने

Transliteration

śvetakalpātsamārabhya yāvadvārāhagocaram | samatītāśca ye candrāstāñchṛṇuṣva varānane

Translation

شویت کلپ سے لے کر واراہ کلپ کی حد تک، اے خوش رُو! جو چاند کے ادوار (قمری چکر) پوری طرح گزر چکے ہیں، انہیں سنو۔

Word by Word

• श्वेतकल्पात्: from the Śveta Kalpa
• श्वेतकल्पात्: Apādāna (अपादान/Starting point)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—श्वेतः कल्पः (कर्मधारय-भावार्थे) → श्वेतकल्प; तस्मात्

• समारभ्य: beginning (from)
• समारभ्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive)

• यावत्: up to, until
• यावत्: Avadhi (अवधि/Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/सीमा-सूचक ‘up to’)

• वाराहगोचरम्: the Varāha domain/period
• वाराहगोचरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराह (प्रातिपदिक) + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—वाराहस्य गोचरः (domain/period of Varāha)

• समतीताः: elapsed, passed
• समतीताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अति-इ (धातु) → समतीत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘चन्द्राः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• ये: which
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चन्द्राः: moons / lunar months
• चन्द्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—वरा आनना यस्याः (beautiful-faced)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing Varānanā/Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a ‘fair-faced’ goddess/consort, pointing to a cosmic ledger of kalpas; above them, a stylized moon-cycle wheel and kalpa emblems (Śveta, Vārāha) appear like celestial seals.

Characters & Entities

• Śveta Kalpa
• Vārāha Kalpa
• Candra (moon/lunar cycles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narration preserves dharma by remembering time-cycles (kalpas, months) through which divine events unfold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya is the textual setting; the verse itself is about cosmic chronology rather than a particular tīrtha-rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse prepares a count/description of elapsed lunar cycles.