Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

तव मृत्युर्महीदेव मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति । त्रिस्पृशावासरे प्राप्ते वैशाखे शुक्लपक्षतः

Transliteration

tava mṛtyurmahīdeva matprasādādbhaviṣyati | trispṛśāvāsare prāpte vaiśākhe śuklapakṣataḥ

Translation

Hỡi chúa tể cõi đất, nhờ ân sủng của Ta, cái chết của ngươi sẽ đến. Khi ngày Trispṛśā đến, vào nửa tháng sáng của tháng Vaiśākha…

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महीदेव: O lord of the earth
• महीदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + देव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be/occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• त्रिस्पृशावासरे: on the Trispṛśā day
• त्रिस्पृशावासरे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिस्पृशा + वासर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when it has arrived
• प्राप्ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘वासरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शुक्लपक्षतः: from the bright fortnight (i.e., in the bright half)
• शुक्लपक्षतः: Apadana (Reference/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘-तः’ तद्धितान्त (from/according to)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as mahīdeva (‘lord of earth’) in the verse; within the passage also ‘vipra’—likely a brāhmaṇa recipient of the boon/prophecy

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord declares that by his prasāda the devotee’s death will occur on the Trispṛśā day in Vaiśākha bright fortnight—death presented as a scheduled, sanctified event rather than calamity.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha
• Trispṛśā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Death is reframed as a divinely guided transition; by grace, even the end of life can become a dharmic, liberating event.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Dvārakā, though this verse emphasizes sacred time (Vaiśākha, Trispṛśā) rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A calendrical specification is given (Vaiśākha bright fortnight, Trispṛśā day), but no explicit rite is detailed here.