Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तमपि च्छादयामास वज्रेण शतपर्वणा

Transliteration

tamapi cchādayāmāsa vajreṇa śataparvaṇā

Translation

Lui (Indra) couvrit même ce Liṅga avec son Vajra, l’arme foudroyante aux cent jointures.

Word by Word

• तम्: that/him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि = also/even

• च्छादयामास: covered, concealed
• च्छादयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद् (धातु) (णिच् causative: छादय)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; धातु: छद्, णिच् (causative)

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular)

• शतपर्वणा: having a hundred joints/segments
• शतपर्वणा: Visheshana (Adjective of instrument/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) (वज्रस्य विशेषणम्), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शतं पर्वाणि यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛddha-Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, gripping the hundred-jointed vajra, casts it like a covering mantle over a radiant liṅga/stone emblem, as if trying to veil its brilliance; the air crackles with divine energy.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Śakra
• Vajra
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine powers may act from insecurity, but the sanctity of a tīrtha is not diminished by attempts to conceal it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vṛddhaprabhāsa manifestation-site within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a narrative event explaining later naming and fame.