Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मरुत्वती वसुर्जामी लंबा भानुररुन्धती । संकल्पा च मुहूर्ता च साध्या विश्वा च भामिनि

Transliteration

marutvatī vasurjāmī laṃbā bhānurarundhatī | saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca sādhyā viśvā ca bhāmini

Translation

噢光辉者，（她们是）摩鲁特瓦蒂（Marutvatī）、瓦苏（Vasu）、阇弥（Jāmī）、楞婆（Lambā）、婆奴（Bhānu）、阿伦达蒂（Arundhatī）；并且还有萨ṃ迦尔帕（Saṃkalpā）、穆呼尔塔（Muhūrtā）、萨达雅（Sādhyā）与毗湿瓦（Viśvā）。

Word by Word

• मरुत्वती: Marutvatī (a wife/name)
• मरुत्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• वसुः: Vasu (a wife/name)
• वसुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• जामी: Jāmī (a wife/name)
• जामी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• लंबा: Laṃbā (a wife/name)
• लंबा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• भानुः: Bhānu (a wife/name)
• भानुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• अरुन्धती: Arundhatī (a wife/name)
• अरुन्धती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुन्धती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• संकल्पा: Saṃkalpā (a wife/name)
• संकल्पा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्पा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

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

• मुहूर्ता: Muhūrtā (a wife/name)
• मुहूर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

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

• साध्या: Sādhyā (a wife/name)
• साध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• विश्वा: Viśvā (a wife/name)
• विश्वा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

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

• भामिनि: O fair lady (Bhāmini)
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन-शब्द (vocative address)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘bhāmini/devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A garland-like tableau of ten dharma-patnīs, each with an emblem: Saṃkalpā holding a resolve-scroll, Muhūrtā with a time-wheel, Arundhatī with a star, Bhānu with solar radiance, others with wind/vasu motifs; the narrator points as the Devī listens.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Marutvatī
• Vasu
• Jāmī
• Lambā
• Bhānu
• Arundhatī
• Saṃkalpā
• Muhūrtā
• Sādhyā
• Viśvā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is shown as supported by many personified powers—virtues, order, and sacred time become ‘mothers’ of cosmic continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, but it is primarily a genealogical catalog.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.