Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

वडवा गुरुभारार्त्ता वाडवेनान्विता तदा । ऊरो र्निर्गत्य सा तस्मात्सुषुवे सुमहाबलम्

Transliteration

vaḍavā gurubhārārttā vāḍavenānvitā tadā | ūro rnirgatya sā tasmātsuṣuve sumahābalam

Translation

Dann kam die Stute (Vaḍavā), geplagt von der schweren Last und vereint mit dem Vaḍava-Feuer, aus seinem Oberschenkel hervor; und daraus gebar sie einen von überaus großer Stärke.

Word by Word

• वडवा: a mare (vaḍavā)
• वडवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वडवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गुरुभारार्ता: distressed by heavy burden
• गुरुभारार्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + भार (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (गुरुभारेण/गुरुभारस्य आर्ता)

• वाडवेन: with/by the Vāḍava (fire/being)
• वाडवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अन्विता: accompanied/possessed
• अन्विता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग) + √इ (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• ऊरोः: from/of the thigh
• ऊरोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• निर्गत्य: having come out
• निर्गत्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग) + √गम् (धातु) → निर्गत्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having gone out’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्मात्: from that (place/person)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• सुषुवे: she gave birth
• सुषुवे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सुमहाबलम्: very great in strength
• सुमहाबलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुमहत् बलम् यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mare-like being (Vaḍavā) emerges, distressed by a heavy burden, suffused with the Vaḍava-fire; she gives birth to a being of immense strength—fire and flesh intertwined.

Characters & Entities

• Vaḍavā
• Vaḍavānala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even fearful cosmic forces are portrayed as arising within dharmic order, reminding devotees that sacred places narrate how divine power becomes intelligible to the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha) on the western coast, celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it is a mythic origin statement supporting the māhātmya of the sacred region.