Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पिबतां तत्र पीयूषं देवानां वरवर्णिनि । बिंदवः पतिता भूमौ शतशोथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

pibatāṃ tatra pīyūṣaṃ devānāṃ varavarṇini | biṃdavaḥ patitā bhūmau śataśotha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Tandis que les dieux y buvaient le piyūṣa (nectar), ô dame à la belle carnation, des gouttes tombèrent sur la terre, par centaines et même par milliers.

Word by Word

• pibatām: of (the) drinking (gods)
• pibatām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; द्विवचन/बहुवचन?; परस्मैपद; (वस्तुतः: षष्ठीबहुवचनस्य कृदन्त-सम्बन्धे 'पिबताम्' = present participle gen.pl. is also possible, but here taken as लट् 3rd dual 'of the two drinking' is unlikely; अधिकप्रचलितः: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त 'पिबताम्' (genitive plural) understood elliptically with devānām)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• pīyūṣam: nectar
• pīyūṣam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīyūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• varavarṇini: O lady of excellent complexion
• varavarṇini: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक; वर + वर्णिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन

• biṃdavaḥ: drops
• biṃdavaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• patitāḥ: fell
• patitāḥ: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; (biṃdavaḥ ... patitāḥ = 'drops fell')

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśaḥ (अव्यय; शत + शस्)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (distributive adverb: 'by hundreds')

• atha: and then
• atha: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (then/and)

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśaḥ (अव्यय; सहस्र + शस्)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (distributive adverb: 'by thousands')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-bindu-sambandhī tīrtha(s) within Prabhāsa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As devas drink, countless luminous droplets of nectar spill and scatter onto the earth, sparkling and sanctifying the terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Devas
• Amṛta
• Bhūmi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a place is traced to divine substance and event—amṛta drops become sources of tīrtha power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative prepares the identification of a Prabhāsakṣetra tīrtha formed from fallen amṛta drops.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the mythic cause behind the tīrtha’s sanctity.