Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ग्रहणे तव संप्राप्ते योऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यति । न तस्य पुनरेवात्र जन्म लोके भविष्यति

Transliteration

grahaṇe tava saṃprāpte yo'tra snānaṃ kariṣyati | na tasya punarevātra janma loke bhaviṣyati

Translation

Khi kỳ nguyệt thực của Ngài đến, ai tắm gội tại đây sẽ không còn tái sinh trở lại trong cõi đời này nữa.

Word by Word

• grahaṇe: at the eclipse
• grahaṇe: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grahaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃprāpte: when it has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (grahaṇe इत्यस्य)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• tasya: for him / of him
• tasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• janma: birth
• janma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrodbheda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpasattama (king) in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the moment of lunar eclipse, pilgrims bathe in a sacred pool/spring at the cleft peak; the darkened moon overhead; Shiva’s unseen blessing; aura of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Candrodbheda-tīrtha
• Grahaṇa (eclipse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right-time pilgrimage and purification at a consecrated tīrtha can become a direct cause toward liberation (freedom from rebirth).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrodbheda-tīrtha, especially potent at the time of Candra’s eclipse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at this tīrtha during the eclipse (grahaṇa-kāla).