Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

परस्परस्य नक्षत्रं हन्यमानं पुनःपुनः । ग्रहैरपश्यन्सर्वैस्ते नात्मनस्तु कथञ्चन

Transliteration

parasparasya nakṣatraṃ hanyamānaṃ punaḥpunaḥ | grahairapaśyansarvaiste nātmanastu kathañcana

Translation

Họ thấy đi thấy lại các sao bản mệnh của nhau bị các hành tinh đánh phá; nhưng vận số của chính mình thì họ chẳng thể nhận ra bằng cách nào.

Word by Word

• parasparasya: of one another
• parasparasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• nakṣatram: the star/asterism
• nakṣatram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• hanyamānam: being struck/afflicted
• hanyamānam: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hanyamāna (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त, कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले from √han)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘nakṣatram’)

• punaḥpunaḥ: again and again
• punaḥpunaḥ: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥpunaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• grahaiḥ: by the planets/seizers
• grahaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण (instrument)

• apaśyan: (he) saw / (context) did not see
• apaśyan: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/लङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; नकारार्थे (contextually ‘did not see’)

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘grahaiḥ’)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्ता

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

• ātmanaḥ: of themselves
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• tu: however
• tu: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• kathañcana: in any way/at all
• kathañcana: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathañcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of Yādavas gaze upward as their nakṣatras seem struck by roaming grahas; the sky is turbulent with eclipsing shadows, while each man remains unaware of his own thread of fate.

Characters & Entities

• Nakṣatra
• Graha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

People readily notice signs in others but miss their own need for repentance; dharma begins with self-awareness and correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa situates cosmic signs (graha-nakṣatra) within a sacred geography and moral narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse uses astrological imagery as a moral and narrative omen.