Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

श्वभ्रं तत्पूरयामास समंताद्विमलैर्जलैः । परिपूर्णं ततः श्वभ्रे निष्क्रांता नंदिनी तदा

Transliteration

śvabhraṃ tatpūrayāmāsa samaṃtādvimalairjalaiḥ | paripūrṇaṃ tataḥ śvabhre niṣkrāṃtā naṃdinī tadā

Translation

فملأت تلك الحفرة من كل جانب بمياهٍ طاهرةٍ صافية. فلما امتلأت الحفرة خرجت نانديني منها حينئذٍ.

Word by Word

• śvabhram: pit, chasm
• śvabhram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvabhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (śvabhram इत्यस्य)

• pūrayāmāsa: filled
• pūrayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūr (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative (णिजन्त)

• samantāt: from all sides, all around
• samantāt: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (दिक्/परिमाण)

• vimalaiḥ: pure, clear
• vimalaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (jalaiḥ इत्यस्य)

• jalaiḥ: with waters
• jalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• paripūrṇam: completely full
• paripūrṇam: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्तृ-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paripūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (śvabhram इत्यस्य)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक/अनन्तरार्थक (thereupon)

• śvabhre: in the pit
• śvabhre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvabhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• niṣkrāntā: came out, emerged
• niṣkrāntā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√kram (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकर्तरि), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (she having come out)

• naṃdinī: Nandinī (cow)
• naṃdinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Nandinī
• Śvabhra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace manifests tangibly: sacred power can transform an impossible situation into safe passage and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī’s sanctifying presence is highlighted; the Arbuda locale becomes a theater of tīrtha-śakti through her waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse illustrates the salvific potency of sacred water invoked through dhyāna.