Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तृषार्त्ता तत्र संप्राप्ता मध्यंदिनगते रवौ । ग्रस्ते च राहुणा सूर्ये प्रविष्टा सलिले तु सा

Transliteration

tṛṣārttā tatra saṃprāptā madhyaṃdinagate ravau | graste ca rāhuṇā sūrye praviṣṭā salile tu sā

Translation

她为口渴所逼，于正午日轮当空时来到那里；而当日轮被罗睺攫住（发生日食）之际，她便入于水中。

Word by Word

• तृषा-आर्ता: afflicted by thirst
• तृषा-आर्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृषा (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तृषया आर्ता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• संप्राप्ता: having arrived
• संप्राप्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सा इति विशेषण)

• मध्यंदिनगते: when midday had come
• मध्यंदिनगते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यंदिन + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (मध्यंदिने गते); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (रवौ इति विशेषण)

• रवौ: when the sun (Ravi) was (at midday)
• रवौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ग्रस्ते: when (it) was seized
• ग्रस्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + ग्रस्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सूर्ये इति विशेषण)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• राहुणा: by Rāhu
• राहुणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचन

• सूर्ये: when the sun (was seized)
• सूर्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• प्रविष्टा: entered
• प्रविष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु) + प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सा इति विशेषण)

• सलिले: into the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual continuity in Adhyāya 16)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At blazing midday, the sky darkens as an eclipse begins; the desperate woman steps into the sacred water. The sun is partially obscured, creating eerie light; sages watch from the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Rāhu
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (like an eclipse) and sacred space (tīrtha waters) converge in Purāṇic dharma, amplifying the significance of acts like entering and bathing in holy water.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The waters of the Maṇikarṇikā-associated kuṇḍa/tīrtha where the event takes place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering the water at the tīrtha—implicitly tīrtha-snānā—occurring at the time of a solar eclipse (grahaṇa).