Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

संग्रस्तो राहुणा देवि पर्वकाले ह्युपस्थिते । तं दृष्ट्वा यादवाः सर्वे विषादं परमं गताः

Transliteration

saṃgrasto rāhuṇā devi parvakāle hyupasthite | taṃ dṛṣṭvā yādavāḥ sarve viṣādaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ

Translation

女神啊，在帕尔梵之时（即日食之际），太阳被罗睺所擒。见此景象，所有夜陀婆人都陷入极深的忧伤。

Word by Word

• saṃgrastaḥ: seized, grasped
• saṃgrastaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of implied ‘asti/babhūva’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-gras (धातु) → saṃgrasta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past passive participle ‘having been seized’

• rāhuṇā: by Rāhu
• rāhuṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• parva-kāle: at the time of the lunar node/occasion (parvan)
• parva-kāle: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan + kāla (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पर्वणः कालः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• upasthite: when (it) had arrived/was present
• upasthite: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-sthā (धातु) → upasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative absolute with parvakāle

• tam: him/that (one)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त; क्त्वा (gerund), ‘having seen’

• yādavāḥ: the Yādavas
• yādavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण of yādavāḥ

• viṣādam: despondency, grief
• viṣādam: Karma (Object/कर्म) (of gatāḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme, extreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण of viṣādam

• gatāḥ: went into, fell into
• gatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP used predicatively), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘have gone/entered (a state)’

Speaker

Narrator addressing Devī (frame-dialogue within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta in a Devi-addressed narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (parvan-tīrtha context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Sun darkens as Rāhu seizes him; the sky turns uncanny. Yādavas look upward in alarm and grief, hands raised, faces shadowed by the eclipse light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāhu
• Divākara (Sun)
• Yādavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic events like eclipses are treated as spiritually charged moments that can evoke fear—yet they also open the door to dharmic remedies through tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa and its associated tīrthas, especially in connection with parvan (eclipse) observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse signals the eclipse (parvan) setting; subsequent verses prescribe snāna at the tīrtha during Rāhu’s grasp.