Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

श्वभ्रं तत्पूरयामास समंताद्विमलैर्जलैः । परिपूर्णं ततः श्वभ्रे निष्क्रांता नंदिनी तदा

Transliteration

śvabhraṃ tatpūrayāmāsa samaṃtādvimalairjalaiḥ | paripūrṇaṃ tataḥ śvabhre niṣkrāṃtā naṃdinī tadā

Translation

उसने उस गड्ढे को चारों ओर से निर्मल जल से भर दिया। गड्ढा भरते ही नन्दिनी तब उससे बाहर निकल आई।

Word by Word

• śvabhram: pit, chasm
• śvabhram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvabhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (śvabhram इत्यस्य)

• pūrayāmāsa: filled
• pūrayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūr (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative (णिजन्त)

• samantāt: from all sides, all around
• samantāt: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (दिक्/परिमाण)

• vimalaiḥ: pure, clear
• vimalaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (jalaiḥ इत्यस्य)

• jalaiḥ: with waters
• jalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• paripūrṇam: completely full
• paripūrṇam: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्तृ-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paripūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (śvabhram इत्यस्य)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक/अनन्तरार्थक (thereupon)

• śvabhre: in the pit
• śvabhre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvabhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• niṣkrāntā: came out, emerged
• niṣkrāntā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√kram (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकर्तरि), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (she having come out)

• naṃdinī: Nandinī (cow)
• naṃdinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-kund (manifested pit-kund)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pure water pours in from all sides, filling the pit; Nandinī rises out, dripping, safe; the sage watches with composed joy; the landscape brightens.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Nandinī
• Śvabhra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace manifests tangibly: sacred power can transform an impossible situation into safe passage and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī’s sanctifying presence is highlighted; the Arbuda locale becomes a theater of tīrtha-śakti through her waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse illustrates the salvific potency of sacred water invoked through dhyāna.