Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अथ कालेन महता पंचत्वं त्वमुपागता । दशार्णाधिपतेर्गेहे ततो जातासि सुन्दरि

Transliteration

atha kālena mahatā paṃcatvaṃ tvamupāgatā | daśārṇādhipatergehe tato jātāsi sundari

Translation

پھر بہت زمانہ گزرنے کے بعد تم نے موت کو پایا۔ اس کے بعد، اے حسین! تم دشارن کے حاکم کے گھر میں پیدا ہوئیں۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• कालेन: by/with time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• महता: great/long
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying कालेन)

• पंचत्वम्: the state of five elements (death)
• पंचत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• उपागता: attained/reached
• उपागता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त) स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘त्वम्’ सह (you came to/attained)

• दशार्णाधिपतेः: of the lord of Daśārṇa
• दशार्णाधिपतेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशार्ण-अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दशार्णानाम् अधिपतिः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• गेहे: in the house
• गेहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह/गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्- अर्थे अव्यय (thereupon/from there)

• जातासि: you were born
• जातासि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद; अर्थे ‘त्वं जाता असि’ (you were born)

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as causal tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A time-lapse narrative: the devotee’s death (pañcatva) transitions to a royal birth scene in Daśārṇa—palace chambers, attendants, and auspicious signs around the newborn girl.

Characters & Entities

• Daśārṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic continuity persists across death and rebirth; one’s life-story unfolds over multiple births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the narrative frame), though this verse focuses on rebirth in Daśārṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.