Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ततः प्रयांति संपूर्णास्ताश्च देहं समंततः । ततः स नाडिमध्यस्थो रञ्जकेनोष्मणा रसः

Transliteration

tataḥ prayāṃti saṃpūrṇāstāśca dehaṃ samaṃtataḥ | tataḥ sa nāḍimadhyastho rañjakenoṣmaṇā rasaḥ

Translation

بعد ذلك، تنتشر تلك القنوات الممتلئة في جميع أنحاء الجسد. ثم يتأثر "الراسا" الموجود داخل "الناديس" بحرارة التلوين.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• prayānti: go forth / proceed
• prayānti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु) + pra (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 3rd pl)

• saṃpūrṇāḥ: filled / complete
• saṃpūrṇāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (agreeing with ‘nāḍyaḥ’ understood)

• tāḥ: they (those channels)
• tāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• deham: the body
• deham: Karma (Goal/Extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• samantataḥ: throughout / on all sides
• samantataḥ: Adhikarana (Scope)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (adverb)

• saḥ: he/that (rasa)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• nāḍi-madhya-sthaḥ: situated in the middle of the channels
• nāḍi-madhya-sthaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘नाडीनां मध्ये स्थितः’); कृदन्त ‘स्थ’

• rañjakena: by the coloring (agent)
• rañjakena: Karana (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rañjaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• uṣmaṇā: by heat
• uṣmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• rasaḥ: the rasa (nutritive fluid)
• rasaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nāḍīs fully illuminated across the body; within them, a golden-red heat ‘colors’ the flowing essence, shifting from pale to warm crimson-gold, suggesting refinement and vitality.

Characters & Entities

• Nāḍī
• Rasa
• Uṣmā (heat)
• Rañjaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life is maintained by divinely ordered processes; recognizing this supports disciplined living and dharmic purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the focus is instructional rather than tīrtha-māhātmya in this passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it continues a teaching sequence on transformation within the body.