Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

एकपद्येन तद्रेतस्तप्तचामीकरप्रभम् । गंगायां च तदा क्षिप्रं कीचकैः परिवेष्टितम्

Transliteration

ekapadyena tadretastaptacāmīkaraprabham | gaṃgāyāṃ ca tadā kṣipraṃ kīcakaiḥ pariveṣṭitam

Translation

ដោយជំហានតែមួយ ពូជនោះ ដែលភ្លឺរលោងដូចមាសក្តៅ ត្រូវបានបោះចូលក្នុងទន្លេគង្គា ដោយរហ័ស ហើយនៅទីនោះ វាត្រូវបានព័ទ្ធជុំវិញដោយដើមកន្ទួត។

Word by Word

• एकपद्येन: in a single step/stride
• एकपद्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकपद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—एक + पद्य (एकेन पद्येन = 'in one step/stride')

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (contextually with रेतः)

• रेतः: semen
• रेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तप्तचामीकरप्रभम्: having the radiance of heated gold
• तप्तचामीकरप्रभम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object complement/कर्मसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त; तप् (धातु) + क्त) + चामीकर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—(तप्त-चामीकरस्य) प्रभा यस्य तत् (gold-like lustre of heated gold)

• गङ्गायाम्: in the Ganga
• गङ्गायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्रम् (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रयोग)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• कीचकैः: by reeds (kīcaka)
• कीचकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• परिवेष्टितम्: surrounded, wrapped around
• परिवेष्टितम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa / Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate to रेतः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + वेष्ट् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīra (reed-enclosed birth-site motif)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing, molten-gold-like seed arcs swiftly into the flowing Gaṅgā; immediately a ring of tall reeds encloses it like a natural sanctum on the river surface/shallows.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Himavat (implied from prior verse)
• Retas (seed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Gaṅgā is portrayed as a sanctifying, protective medium where even cosmic forces are received and held within sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā is explicitly glorified as the sacred river central to Purāṇic tīrtha culture, connected to the Himalayan kedāra milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse contributes to Gaṅgā’s māhātmya by depicting her as the receiver of divine potency.