Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

दर्शनात्स्खलितः सद्यो बभूवांबुजसंभवः । मदनेन समाविष्टो वीर्यं च प्राच्यवद्भुवि

Transliteration

darśanātskhalitaḥ sadyo babhūvāṃbujasaṃbhavaḥ | madanena samāviṣṭo vīryaṃ ca prācyavadbhuvi

Translation

Bei diesem Anblick geriet der Lotosgeborene (Brahmā) sogleich ins Wanken; von Begierde ergriffen, vergoss er seinen Lebenssamen auf die Erde.

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from/because of (the) sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• स्खलितः: stumbled/slipped
• स्खलितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्खल् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediate adverb)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अम्बुजसम्भवः: the lotus-born (Brahmā)
• अम्बुजसम्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुज + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अम्बुजात् सम्भवः)

• मदनेन: by Kāma (Cupid)
• मदनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समाविष्टः: entered/possessed
• समाविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• वीर्यम्: semen/virility
• वीर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्राच्यवत्: eastward/like the east
• प्राच्यवत्: Avyaya (Manner/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राच्यवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (like/according to the eastern direction; -वत् indeclinable)

• भुवि: on the earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भूमि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied Purāṇic audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, startled and unsteady, loses composure; a subtle, non-explicit depiction shows his vital seed falling to the earth as the ritual fire blazes and priests look away in shock.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Ambuja-saṃbhava)
• Madana (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire can disturb even the highest; dharma emphasizes vigilance and restraint, especially amid sacred acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Mahātmya narrative set in the sacred Himalayan sphere associated with Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription is stated; the verse describes a moral-cosmic event occurring during a yajña.