Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

न रुजा मम कापि स्याच्छूलसंप्रोतितेऽगके । अमृतस्रावि तच्छूलं प्रभावात्कस्य शंस मे

Transliteration

na rujā mama kāpi syācchūlasaṃprotite'gake | amṛtasrāvi tacchūlaṃ prabhāvātkasya śaṃsa me

Translation

Nulle douleur ne naît dans mon corps, bien que je sois transpercé par le trident. Ce trident semble distiller l’amṛta ; dis-moi, par la puissance de qui cela advient-il ?

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• rujā: by pain; with suffering
• rujā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rujā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘रुजा’ = पीडा/रोगः (instrumental: ‘by pain/with pain’)

• mama: of me; my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kāpi: any (one)
• kāpi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kā (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कापि’ = काचित् (some/any)

• syāt: may be; should occur
• syāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śūla-saṃprotite: when (someone) is impaled on the trident
• śūla-saṃprotite: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃ-protita (कृदन्त; √pru/√prot? ‘प्रोत’ = छिद्रित/विद्ध)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-आधारानुसार; ‘शूले संप्रोतिते’ = शूलेन/शूले विद्धे (locative: ‘when pierced on the trident’)

• agake: in/at Agaka (place/person-name)
• agake: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (सम्भाव्य)

• amṛta-srāvi: nectar-flowing
• amṛta-srāvi: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + srāvin (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √sru ‘to flow’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (flowing nectar)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेतार्थक

• śūlam: trident; spear
• śūlam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prabhāvāt: due to the power (of it)
• prabhāvāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; कारणार्थे

• kasya: of whom; whose
• kasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• śaṃsa: tell; declare
• śaṃsa: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlapāṇi-kṣetra (Revā/Narmadā circuit, implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śūlapāṇi (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa pierced upon a towering trident yet serene; the trident’s metal gleams and drips luminous amṛta; a subtle aura of Śiva’s presence surrounds the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion can transmute suffering; the devotee perceives divine protection even in harsh conditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in the verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s devotional narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse points to the experiential fruit of devotion rather than a formal rite.