Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ते नवमे वारे कुर्यादुद्यापनं शुभम् । यथा भवति गन्धर्व तथा वक्ष्यामि तेऽधुना

Transliteration

saṃprāpte navame vāre kuryādudyāpanaṃ śubham | yathā bhavati gandharva tathā vakṣyāmi te'dhunā

Translation

至第九次星期一到来时，当行吉祥之结愿仪式（udyāpana）。至于如何成为乾闼婆，我今将依次为汝宣说。

Word by Word

• संप्राप्ते: when (it is) reached/arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (प्रातिपदिक; √प्राप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• नवमे: on the ninth
• नवमे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वारे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वारे: occasion/time
• वारे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• उद्यापनम्: concluding rite (udyāpana)
• उद्यापनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यापन (प्रातिपदिक; √याप् caus.)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘उद्यापनम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (adverb/conjunction: as/how)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• गन्धर्व: O Gandharva / Gandharva
• गन्धर्व: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयोगः (vocative sense possible)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूपार्थक (correlative adverb: thus/so)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator announces the auspicious udyāpana on the ninth Monday and promises to explain the rite that grants Gandharva-status; disciples listen in a ritual setting near the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Udyāpana
• Somavāra (implied)
• Gandharva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows are completed through proper closure (udyāpana); dharma values wholeness—beginning, discipline, and a consecrated conclusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instructions belong to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting, where the vow’s conclusion is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On the ninth Monday (or ninth observance), perform the udyāpana (concluding rite) of the vow.