Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कृतस्मरः पुनस्तत्र अनंगो बलवांस्तथा । तेनोढा शैलजा तेन शंकरेण महात्मना

Transliteration

kṛtasmaraḥ punastatra anaṃgo balavāṃstathā | tenoḍhā śailajā tena śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā

Translation

هناك عاد كاما يُدعى «كريتسمارا» من جديد—هو أنَنْغا بلا جسد ومع ذلك قويّ؛ وهناك أيضًا زُفَّت شيلَجا (بارفتي) إلى شنكره العظيم النفس.

Word by Word

• kṛtasmaraḥ: Kṛtasmar(a) (one whose love was restored)
• kṛtasmaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta-smara (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + स्मर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तौ/adverb ‘again’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशे/adverb of place)

• anaṅgaḥ: Anaṅga (Kāma)
• anaṅgaḥ: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• balavān: strong, powerful
• balavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/रीत्या ‘thus/also’)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ūḍhā: was married (taken as wife)
• ūḍhā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vah (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘carried/married’ (विवाहे रूढ)

• śailajā: Śailajā (Pārvatī, daughter of the mountain)
• śailajā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila-jā (प्रातिपदिक; शैल + जा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• śaṅkareṇa: by Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled one
• mahātmanā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛtasmara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred precinct, Anaṅga (Kāma), subtle yet potent, regains presence; Śiva, serene and ash-smeared, weds Śailajā (Pārvatī) amid divine witnesses and auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma (Anaṅga)
• Kṛtasmara
• Śiva (Śaṅkara)
• Pārvatī (Śailajā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva restores cosmic functions without surrendering to them: desire becomes subtle yet effective, while dharmic union (Śiva-Pārvatī) stabilizes creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a sacred locus where restoration (Kṛtasmara) and Śaiva auspiciousness are affirmed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse is primarily narrative and theological.