Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अथ हुंकारशब्देन तस्य गर्तः प्रपूरितः । ततो मृगो विनिष्क्रांतः कृच्छ्रेण सलिलात्प्रिये

Transliteration

atha huṃkāraśabdena tasya gartaḥ prapūritaḥ | tato mṛgo viniṣkrāṃtaḥ kṛcchreṇa salilātpriye

Translation

Dann wurde durch den Laut „huṃ“ jene Grube völlig aufgefüllt. Daraufhin kam der Hirsch, o Geliebte, mühsam aus dem Wasser heraus.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Adhikarana (Discourse/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/sequence marker)

• huṃkāra-śabdena: by the sound of the huṃkāra
• huṃkāra-śabdena: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: huṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (हुंकारस्य शब्दः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• tasya: of it/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• gartaḥ: the pit
• gartaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prapūritaḥ: was filled
• prapūritaḥ: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+pṝ (पॄ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रपूरित’ = completely filled

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• mṛgaḥ: the deer
• mṛgaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• viniṣkrāntaḥ: came out
• viniṣkrāntaḥ: Karta (Predicate of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+nis+krām (क्रम् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘विनिष्क्रान्त’ = having come out

• kṛcchreṇa: with difficulty
• kṛcchreṇa: Karana (Manner/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे भेदः), तृतीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे

• salilāt: from the water
• salilāt: Apadana (Ablative/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Huṃkāra-udbhava-kunda (descriptive; implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sage’s resonant ‘huṃ’, the once dry abyss surges and fills with clear water; the deer struggles upward, hooves scraping wet earth, emerging drenched—miracle captured at the moment of ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Huṃkāra
• Deer (mṛga)
• Sacred water (salila)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sound and saintly intent can transform a barren place into a life-giving tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The huṃkāra-filled pit/well near the Devikā riverbank in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the potency of huṃkāra is praised; the verse narrates the miracle rather than prescribing a formal rite.