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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

गङ्गोवाच । नास्ति मे भगवञ्छक्ति रौर्वं वोढुं जगत्पते । रौद्ररूपी महानेष दहत्येवानलो भृशम्

Transliteration

gaṅgovāca | nāsti me bhagavañchakti raurvaṃ voḍhuṃ jagatpate | raudrarūpī mahāneṣa dahatyevānalo bhṛśam

Translation

Gaṅgā sprach: „O Bhagavān, o Herr der Welten, ich habe nicht die Kraft, das Raurva-Feuer zu tragen. Diese mächtige Flamme, von furchterregender Gestalt, brennt überaus heftig.“

Word by Word
गङ्गाGaṅgā
गङ्गा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
मेmy, for me
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
भगवन्O Lord
भगवन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
शक्तिःpower, ability
शक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
रौर्वम्the Raurva (terrible fire/hell-fire)
रौर्वम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरौर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
वोढुम्to carry
वोढुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु) → वोढु (कृदन्त)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)
जगत्-पतेO lord of the world
जगत्-पते:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
रौद्र-रूपीof fierce form
रौद्र-रूपी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
महान्great
महान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
दहतिburns
दहति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
एवindeed, just
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)
अनलःfire
अनलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअनल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
भृशम्excessively, intensely
भृशम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (intensity adverb)
Speaker

Gaṅgā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sarasvatī-samudra-saṅgama complex in Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jagatpati (the Lord; contextually Janārdana/Vişṇu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Gaṅgā, radiant yet distressed, addresses the Lord amid a cosmic scene where a terrifying subterranean ‘Raurva/Vāḍava’ flame surges like a sea-born fire; devas watch anxiously as the world’s balance trembles.

Characters & Entities
G
Gaṅgā
J
Jagatpati (Lord)
R
Raurva (terrible fire)

FAQs

Even sacred powers acknowledge limits; dharma includes discerning what one can and cannot safely bear.

The broader Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative is being unfolded; the verse also reinforces Gaṅgā’s sanctity by her truthful discernment.

None; it is a dialogue emphasizing the severity of the fire and the need for a suitable carrier.

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