Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

स विशल्योऽभवद्यस्मात्प्राप्य तस्याः शिवं जलम् । कपिला नामतस्तेन विशल्या चोच्यते बुधैः

Transliteration

sa viśalyo'bhavadyasmātprāpya tasyāḥ śivaṃ jalam | kapilā nāmatastena viśalyā cocyate budhaiḥ

Translation

لأنه صار بلا śalya—«سهم الألم»—بعد أن نال ماءها المبارك، الممنوح ببركة شيفا، عُرفت باسم كابِيلا؛ ولذلك يدعو الحكماء هذا المَعبَر المقدّس أيضًا «فيشاليا»؛ أي الموضع الذي يزيل śalya.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• विशल्यः: arrow-free
• विशल्यः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (विगतं शल्यं यस्य)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: because/from which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धार्थे (causal/relative)

• प्राप्य: having obtained/reached
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• तस्याः: of it/of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• शिवम्: auspicious
• शिवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कपिला: Kapilā (name)
• कपिला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Adverbial (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (adverbial), प्रकार/हेतुवाचक

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• विशल्या: Viśalyā (name)
• विशल्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-शल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-निर्मित नाम (arrow-removing)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• बुधैः: by the wise
• बुधैः: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśalyā-tīrtha (Kāpilā-hrada)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, luminous lake labeled by sages as ‘Viśalyā’; subtle Śiva iconography (trident/third-eye aura) reflected in water; the healed child stands unharmed beside his mother.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kapilā
• Viśalyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with Śiva-sanctified tīrtha-water removes inner ‘śalya’—deep afflictions and karmic pain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśalyā (also called Kapilā), a tīrtha associated with auspicious water within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: taking/using the tīrtha-water (snāna/ācamana) for purification and relief from affliction.