Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तस्य पुत्रत्रयं जज्ञ ऋतुकालाभिगामिनः । एकतश्चद्वितश्चैव त्रितश्चैवेति भामिनि

Transliteration

tasya putratrayaṃ jajña ṛtukālābhigāminaḥ | ekataścadvitaścaiva tritaścaiveti bhāmini

Translation

اے روشن خاتون! اس کے تین بیٹے پیدا ہوئے جو رِتوکال کے مطابق اپنی بیویوں کے پاس جاتے تھے؛ ان کے نام ایکت، دِوت اور تِرت رکھے گئے۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्रत्रयम्: three sons
• पुत्रत्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समास: त्रयः पुत्राः (द्विगु)

• जज्ञे: were born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (जज्ञे)

• ऋतुकालाभिगामिनः: those who approached (women) in the proper season
• ऋतुकालाभिगामिनः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतु + काल + अभिगामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; समास: ऋतुकालम् अभिगच्छन्ति ये (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषण)

• एकतः: Ekata (name)
• एकतः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकतस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूप (proper name)

• च: and
• च: Discourse (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• द्वितः: Dvita (name)
• द्वितः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूप (proper name)

• च: and
• च: Discourse (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Discourse (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• त्रितः: Trita (name)
• त्रितः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रितस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूप (proper name)

• च: and
• च: Discourse (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Discourse (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न/निपात (quotative particle)

• भामिनि: O fair lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara), continuing narration to Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm domestic-genealogical tableau: a noble couple and three newborn princes, with subtle symbols of ṛtu-dharma (seasonal flowers, lunar calendar motif).

Characters & Entities

• Ekata
• Dvita
• Trita
• Ātreya
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even household life is sanctified by discipline—observing dharmic conduct (ṛtu-kāla) is praised as part of righteous living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the verse sets up the Tritakūpa/Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative by introducing key figures.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dharmic norm is stated: approaching conjugal relations in the proper season (ṛtu-kāla), as part of gṛhastha-dharma.