Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

चतुःशतानि देवेशि षड्विंशत्यधिकानि तु । गतानि शीतरश्मीनां सप्तविंशोऽधुना प्रिये

Transliteration

catuḥśatāni deveśi ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikāni tu | gatāni śītaraśmīnāṃ saptaviṃśo'dhunā priye

Translation

اے دیویوں کی سردار (دیویشِی)! ٹھنڈی کرنوں والے چاند کے چار سو چھبیس چکر گزر چکے؛ اب، اے محبوبہ، ستائیسواں جاری ہے۔

Word by Word

• चतुःशतानि: four hundreds (i.e., 400)
• चतुःशतानि: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; count)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुः (संख्या) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); द्विगु-समासः—चत्वारि शतानि

• देवेशि: O goddess (mistress of gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• षड्विंशत्यधिकानि: with twenty-six added
• षड्विंशत्यधिकानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of चतुःशतानि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—षड्विंशत्या अधिकानि (26 more)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse marker (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/indeed)

• गतानि: have passed
• गतानि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘elapsed/ gone’

• शीतरश्मीनाम्: of the cool-rayed one (the Moon)
• शीतरश्मीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक) + रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—शीताः रश्मयः यस्य (cool-rayed = the Moon)

• सप्तविंशः: the twenty-seventh
• सप्तविंशः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; count)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तविंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (chronology narration to Devī/Varānanā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial abacus: rows of moon-discs counted in clusters, with the narrator indicating ‘426 passed’ and ‘27th current’; Devī listens, calm and intent, under a night-sky canopy.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma values precise remembrance of cosmic order—time itself is sacred when aligned with divine narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter glorifies Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this verse gives a chronological count rather than a local rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a numerical statement about elapsed lunar cycles.