Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

प्रकृष्टपवनाकृष्टनीलमेघसमन्वितः । प्रलयांभोधरारावः सारवाननिलोद्धतः

Transliteration

prakṛṣṭapavanākṛṣṭanīlameghasamanvitaḥ | pralayāṃbhodharārāvaḥ sāravānaniloddhataḥ

Translation

Sous l’assaut de vents farouches, l’océan s’accompagnait de nuées bleu sombre ; il grondait tel le tonnerre des nuages du pralaya à la fin des âges, et se soulevait avec vigueur, fouetté par la bourrasque.

Word by Word

• प्रकृष्टपवनाकृष्टनीलमेघसमन्वितः: accompanied by dark clouds drawn by strong winds
• प्रकृष्टपवनाकृष्टनीलमेघसमन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकृष्ट + पवन + आकृष्ट + नील + मेघ + समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘प्रकृष्टपवनेन आकृष्टैः नीलमेघैः समन्वितः’); विशेषण (past participial adjective; masculine nominative singular)

• प्रलयांभोधरारावः: a roar like that of deluge-clouds
• प्रलयांभोधरारावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय + अम्भोधर + राव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘प्रलय-अम्भोधराणां रावः’); (masculine nominative singular)

• सारवान्: forceful; full of essence/strength
• सारवान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

• अनिलोद्धतः: raised/agitated by the wind
• अनिलोद्धतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिल + उद्धत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘अनिलेन उद्धतः’); विशेषण (past participle; masculine nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (context: Rāma’s party assessing the sea; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha / Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) sages/recipients of māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gale-driven ocean under dark-blue clouds; waves surge with muscular force; the roar resembles end-of-time thunder; spray and foam streak across the surface.

Characters & Entities

• Samudra (Ocean)
• Pralaya (dissolution)
• Megha (clouds)
• Anila/Pavana (wind)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even overwhelming nature mirrors cosmic power; devotees are urged to seek right means (upāya) rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu seascape (toward Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha) is the broader sacred setting, though this verse is descriptive rather than eulogistic.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; the verse sets the scene through storm-and-pralaya imagery.