Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

महादेवप्रसादेन सोमवत्प्रियदर्शनः । पुरा भानुमतीं भानुः सुतां स्मरशरार्दितः

Transliteration

mahādevaprasādena somavatpriyadarśanaḥ | purā bhānumatīṃ bhānuḥ sutāṃ smaraśarārditaḥ

Translation

Durch Mahādevas Gnade wurde er lieblich anzuschauen wie der Mond. Einst begehrte Bhānu, von Kāmas Pfeilen gequält, Bhānumatī, die Tochter.

Word by Word

• महादेवप्रसादेन: by the grace of Mahādeva
• महादेवप्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महादेवस्य प्रसादः)

• सोमवत्: like the moon
• सोमवत्: Upamana (Simile adjunct/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सोमवत् (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त उपमानवाचक; adverbial)

• प्रियदर्शनः: pleasant-looking
• प्रियदर्शनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (प्रियं दर्शनं यस्य/प्रियं दर्शनम्)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Time setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• भानुमतीम्: Bhānumatī (name)
• भानुमतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भानुः: Bhānu (name)
• भानुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सुताम्: daughter
• सुताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'भानुमतीम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• स्मरशरार्दितः: afflicted by Cupid's arrows
• स्मरशरार्दितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मर-शर-अर्दित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (स्मरस्य शरैः अर्दितः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Reva-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formerly afflicted man now made moonlike and pleasing by Mahādeva’s grace; a subtle overlay of Kāma’s arrows as the cause of earlier turmoil; Bhānumatī as the object of longing in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Soma (Moon)
• Bhānu
• Bhānumatī
• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (Śiva’s prasāda) refines and transforms a being, turning affliction into auspiciousness and beauty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vimaleśvara tīrtha context continues; the verse introduces an illustrative legend connected to Mahādeva’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated in this line; it begins a narrative exemplifying the fruit of Mahādeva’s favor associated with the tīrtha.