Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अगाधेम्भसि तेनासौ निक्षिप्तो वाडवोऽनलः । वरुणेन पिबन्नास्ते तज्जलं सुमहाबलः

Transliteration

agādhembhasi tenāsau nikṣipto vāḍavo'nalaḥ | varuṇena pibannāste tajjalaṃ sumahābalaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໄຟວາດະວະຖືກໂຍນລົງໃນນ້ຳລຶກຫາທີ່ສຸດບໍ່ໄດ້. ມັນມີພະລັງອັນໃຫຍ່ ແລະຖືກຄວບຄຸມໄວ້—ໂດຍວະຣຸນະ ມັນຍັງດື່ມນ້ຳນັ້ນຢູ່ເທື່ອ.

Word by Word

• agādhe: in the unfathomable
• agādhe: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-gādha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (ambhasi प्रति)

• ambhasi: in the water
• ambhasi: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अधिकरणे (in water)

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (by him/thereby)

• asau: that one/he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (that one/he)

• nikṣiptaḥ: was cast/placed
• nikṣiptaḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√kṣip (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकृदन्तः, पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि—‘निक्षिप्तः’ (having been cast)

• vāḍavaḥ: the Vāḍava fire
• vāḍavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• analaḥ: fire
• analaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समानाधिकरण-विशेष्य (vāḍavaḥ = analaḥ)

• varuṇena: by Varuṇa
• varuṇena: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; करण/कर्तृ (by Varuṇa)

• piban: drinking
• piban: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्तः वर्तमानकृदन्तः (present active participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रियासहचर (drinking)

• āste: remains/sits
• āste: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ās (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (that)

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• sumahābalaḥ: very mighty
• sumahābalaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + mahā + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (su-mahā-balaḥ), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (vāḍavaḥ/analaḥ प्रति)

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; traditional frame: Sūta speaking to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sāgara (ocean at Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cross-section vision: dark blue ocean depths with a red-gold Vaḍava-fire coiled like a mare’s head, drinking water through Varuṇa’s agency; above, calm surface belies the hidden force.

Characters & Entities

• Vaḍavānala
• Varuṇa
• Ocean

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even immense power becomes auspicious when governed by dharma and divine stewardship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa situates cosmic safeguarding as part of the site’s remembered greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains the cosmological containment of the fire within the ocean.