Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

चांद्रायणसहस्रं च कृतं सांतपनं पुनः । शोषयित्वा मिताहारो दिग्वासाः समपद्यत

Transliteration

cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraṃ ca kṛtaṃ sāṃtapanaṃ punaḥ | śoṣayitvā mitāhāro digvāsāḥ samapadyata

Translation

Er vollzog tausend Cāndrāyaṇa-Gelübde und erneut die Sāṃtapana-Buße. Nachdem er seinen Leib ausgemergelt hatte, lebte er von spärlicher Kost und wurde digvāsā—die Himmelsrichtungen als Gewand, den Himmel als Kleid.

Word by Word

• चांद्रायणसहस्रम्: a thousand Cāndrāyaṇa vows
• चांद्रायणसहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चांद्रायण (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कृतम्: was performed/done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कृतम्’ = ‘was done/performed’

• सांतपनम्: the Sāṃtapana penance
• सांतपनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांतपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शोषयित्वा: having dried up (his body)/having emaciated
• शोषयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having dried up/emaciated’

• मिताहारः: one of measured diet
• मिताहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित (कृदन्त-क्त, ‘measured’) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• दिग्वासाः: sky-clad (wearing the directions as garment)
• दिग्वासाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); बहुव्रीहिः—‘दिशः वासो यस्य’

• समपद्यत: attained/became
• समपद्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context for Siddheśvara origin)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage performs a thousand Cāndrāyaṇas and the Sāṃtapana penance; his body becomes emaciated, he lives on scant food, and adopts digvāsas—radical renunciation—intensifying the atmosphere of purification and detachment.

Characters & Entities

• Cāndrāyaṇa-vrata
• Sāṃtapana
• Jaigīṣavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and resolve expressed through vrata and tapas are honored as potent disciplines that prepare the seeker for divine revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the implied sacred setting for these vows and penances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāndrāyaṇa-vrata and Sāṃtapana penance are explicitly named, along with strict diet and ascetic nakedness (digvāsa).