Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 148

Devanagari script

क्षणार्धं पश्य मे वीर्यं भास्करो लोहितायते । एवं प्रणम्य स्कन्देन वासुदेवः प्रसादितः

Transliteration

kṣaṇārdhaṃ paśya me vīryaṃ bhāskaro lohitāyate | evaṃ praṇamya skandena vāsudevaḥ prasāditaḥ

Translation

«L’espace d’un demi-instant, vois ma puissance : le soleil devient rouge !» Ainsi, après s’être incliné, Skanda réjouit Vāsudeva.

Word by Word

• क्षणार्धम्: for half a moment
• क्षणार्धम्: Karma (Extent of time/कालावधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण+अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षणस्य अर्धम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कालावधि-अत्यन्तसंयोग), एकवचन

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (my)

• वीर्यम्: power/valor
• वीर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भास्करः: the sun
• भास्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोहितायते: becomes reddish
• लोहितायते: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लोहिताय (धातु/नामधातु from लोहित)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; नामधातु (to become red)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this way)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having bowed)

• स्कन्देन: by Skanda
• स्कन्देन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (कर्तृ/करण), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृवाचक-तृतीया

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna/Vishnu)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रसादितः: was pleased/propitiated
• प्रसादितः: Kriya (Predicate/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (with quoted imperative attributed to Skanda in context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vāsudeva/Keśava (addressed/pleased)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda declares, ‘Behold my power,’ and the sun blushes crimson; immediately he bows, and Vāsudeva is pleased—power and humility in one tableau under a reddened sky.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Vāsudeva
• Bhāskara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True strength is guided by reverence; even mighty beings honor one another through praṇāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse emphasizes divine interaction and devotional decorum.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing) is shown as a key devotional gesture that brings prasāda (divine pleasure).