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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

आहैवं पुंडरीकाक्षमपः कुरु त्वमक्षयाः । अन्यथा सर्वनाशेन जलानां मामिहाग्रतः । भक्षयिष्यत्यसौ वह्निर्वाडवो हि जनार्द्दन

Transliteration

āhaivaṃ puṃḍarīkākṣamapaḥ kuru tvamakṣayāḥ | anyathā sarvanāśena jalānāṃ māmihāgrataḥ | bhakṣayiṣyatyasau vahnirvāḍavo hi janārddana

Translation

So sprach er zum Lotosäugigen Herrn: „Mache diese Wasser unerschöpflich. Sonst wird vor meinen eigenen Augen jenes Vaḍava-Feuer mich völlig verzehren und die Wasser insgesamt ins Verderben stürzen, o Janārdana.“

Word by Word
āhasaid
āha:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (अह्/आह्)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)
puṇḍarīka-akṣamto Puṇḍarīkākṣa (lotus-eyed one)
puṇḍarīka-akṣam:
Karma (Object addressed/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇḍarīka (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः = ‘whose eyes are like lotuses’ (विष्णु)
apaḥwaters
apaḥ:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootap (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Acc. pl.; pluralia tantum)
kurumake
kuru:
Kriya (Command)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Agent)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (युष्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
akṣayāḥimperishable
akṣayāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन; ‘apaḥ’ इति विशेषण
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
Sambandha (Condition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्प/अन्यथा (otherwise)
sarva-nāśenaby total destruction
sarva-nāśena:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष)
jalānāmof the waters
jalānām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
māmme
mām:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमपुरुषार्थे (1st person pronoun), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ihahere
iha:
Adhikarana (Place)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (here)
agrataḥin front (of you)
agrataḥ:
Adhikarana (Place)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootagrataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुरतः (in front)
bhakṣayiṣyatiwill devour
bhakṣayiṣyati:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Root√bhakṣ (भक्ष्)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
asauthat (one)
asau:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)
vahniḥfire
vahniḥ:
Karta (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootvahni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
vāḍavaḥthe Vāḍava (submarine)
vāḍavaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootvāḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘vahniḥ’ इति विशेषण (the submarine fire)
hiindeed/for
hi:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis/for)
janārdanaO Janārdana
janārdana:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootjanārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Ocean (Jalanidhi/Samudra) appealing to Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Someśa vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā addressed as ‘Mahādevī’ in the surrounding verses; broader audience of sages implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Ocean personified pleads before lotus-eyed Janārdana; behind them the terrifying Vaḍavānala threatens to drink the waters; the shoreline of Prabhāsa glows with ominous light.

Characters & Entities
P
Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu)
J
Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
O
Ocean (Samudra)
V
Vaḍavānala

FAQs

In crisis, even the mighty seek refuge in the Divine; grace preserves the world by making resources sustainable.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s seaside sanctity—where the Purāṇa frames the ocean’s protection as part of the region’s sacred greatness.

No direct ritual here; it is a supplication (śaraṇāgati) to Viṣṇu for safeguarding the waters.

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