Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
Devanagari script
हिरण्यं दर्शयामास स्फोटयित्वा शवं स्वयम्
Transliteration
hiraṇyaṃ darśayāmāsa sphoṭayitvā śavaṃ svayam
Translation
Er offenbarte das Gold — indem er selbst den Leichnam aufspaltete.
Word by Word
हिरण्यम्gold
हिरण्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
दर्शयामासcaused to be seen, showed
दर्शयामास:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → दर्शय् + आस् (धातु)
Formलिट्/परिप्रास-रचना (Periphrastic perfect: causative stem + ‘आस’), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
स्फोटयित्वाhaving burst open
स्फोटयित्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्फुट्/स्फोट् (धातु) + णिच् → स्फोटय् + क्त्वा
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), causative sense, ‘having burst/opened’
शवम्corpse
शवम्:
Karma (Object of sphoṭayitvā/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
स्वयम्himself
स्वयम्:
Karta-nirdeshaka (Agent-emphasis/कर्तृनिर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Reflexive emphatic adverb)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)
Type: ghat
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Varavarṇinī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At the riverbank of Brahma-tīrtha, a figure splits open a corpse to reveal gold within; onlookers recoil in shock while some fold hands in awe, sensing the tīrtha’s uncanny power.
Characters & Entities
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hiraṇya (gold)FAQs
In tīrtha narratives, divine signs may appear to dissolve skepticism and establish steadfast conviction in dharma.
The action occurs in the Prabhāsa context (near Brahma-tīrtha as per the preceding verse).
None; this verse narrates the revealing act that serves as confirmation.