Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्य कोपाभिभूतस्य तृतीयान्नयनान्नृप । निश्चक्राम महाज्वाला ययाऽसौ भस्मसात्कृतः

Transliteration

tasya kopābhibhūtasya tṛtīyānnayanānnṛpa | niścakrāma mahājvālā yayā'sau bhasmasātkṛtaḥ

Translation

أيها الملك، لما غلبه الغضب اندفعت من عينه الثالثة شعلةٌ عظيمة، فصار ذلك إلى رماد.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कोपाभिभूतस्य: overcome by anger
• कोपाभिभूतस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier of tasya)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + अभिभूत (प्रातिपदिक; अभिभूत = अभि + √भू (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कोपेन अभिभूतः)

• तृतीयात्: from the third
• तृतीयात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• नयनात्: from (his) eye
• नयनात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• निश्चक्राम: came forth / issued out
• निश्चक्राम: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस् + √क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महाज्वाला: a great flame
• महाज्वाला: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महती ज्वाला)

• यया: by which
• यया: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun: by which)

• असौ: that one (Kāma)
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; दूरवाचक सर्वनाम

• भस्मसात्कृतः: reduced to ashes
• भस्मसात्कृतः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भस्म + सात् + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृत = √कृ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (भस्मसात् = to ashes) + क्तान्त कृदन्त

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From Śiva’s brow the third eye opens; a column of incandescent flame erupts, engulfing Kāma in an instant—flowers, bow, and form collapsing into ash against the stark Arbuda rocks.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (third eye)
• Kāma
• mahājvālā (great flame)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine knowledge and austerity (symbolized by the third eye) burns uncontrolled desire, restoring spiritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode occurs in the Arbuda context, but the verse chiefly glorifies Śiva’s transcendent power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the decisive act of Kāma’s destruction.