Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ऊर्जयंतः प्रतीच्यां च प्रालेयस्येश्वरोऽपरः । सोमकुडांभसि शनैः स्नात्वार्णवमहीजले

Transliteration

ūrjayaṃtaḥ pratīcyāṃ ca prāleyasyeśvaro'paraḥ | somakuḍāṃbhasi śanaiḥ snātvārṇavamahījale

Translation

Et dans la direction de l’Occident se trouve un autre Seigneur—Prāleyeśvara—dispensateur de force. Qu’on se baigne doucement dans les eaux de Soma-kuḍa, dans l’eau de mer mêlée aux eaux de la terre.

Word by Word

• ūrjayaṃtaḥ: energizing/strengthening (ones)
• ūrjayaṃtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ūrjayant (कृदन्त; √ūrj/ūrjay- धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle)

• pratīcyām: in the west
• pratīcyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratīcī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• prāleyasya: of snow/ice
• prāleyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāleya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• īśvaraḥ: Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative)

• aparaḥ: another/second
• aparaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of īśvaraḥ)

• soma: Soma
• soma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (first member in compound)

• kuḍa-ambhasi: in the water of the (Soma-)pond
• kuḍa-ambhasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kuḍasya ambhasi) अधिकरण

• śanaiḥ: slowly, gently
• śanaiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śanaiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having bathed’

• arṇava-mahī-jale: in the water of the ocean/earth (i.e., sea-water)
• arṇava-mahī-jale: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arṇava (प्रातिपदिक) + mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (arṇavasya/mahīyāḥ jale) अधिकरण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma-kuḍa (associated with Prāleyeśvara)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (addressed in nearby verses of the same passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A western-shore sacred pond (Soma-kuḍa) where sea-water mingles with clear spring/earth-water; a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Prāleyeśvara nearby; pilgrims bathing slowly with folded hands, sunset light on waves.

Characters & Entities

• Prāleyeśvara
• Soma-kuḍa
• Arṇava (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is embodied dharma: bathing in sanctified waters and honoring Śiva at named liṅgas renews spiritual strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Soma-kuḍa and the liṅga/śrine of Prāleyeśvara, within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in Soma-kuḍa waters, described as ocean-water joined with terrestrial waters.