Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

अनेन शक्यते यावत्तावत्तोयं समाहर । न त्वया शोषणीयोऽयं समुदः सरितांपतिः

Transliteration

anena śakyate yāvattāvattoyaṃ samāhara | na tvayā śoṣaṇīyo'yaṃ samudaḥ saritāṃpatiḥ

Translation

«ດ້ວຍສິ່ງນີ້ ຈົ່ງຮວບຮວມນ້ຳໄດ້ເທົ່າທີ່ສາມາດ. ເຈົ້າຢ່າໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ທະເລນີ້ແຫ້ງ—ຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແຫ່ງແມ່ນ້ຳທັງຫຼາຍ»۔

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this (means)
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (instrumental: 'by/with this')

• शक्यते: is possible / can be done
• शक्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive)

• यावत्: as long as / as much as
• यावत्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (as long as / as much as)

• तावत्: so much / that much
• तावत्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तादृश-परिमाणवाचक (so much / that much)

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

• समाहर: collect / gather
• समाहर: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थक/imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (सर्वनाम), तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/कर्तृ-निर्देशः कर्मणि), एकवचनम्; 'by you'

• शोषणीयः: to be dried up / fit to be dried
• शोषणीयः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √शुष् (धातु) + अनीय (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (अनीय), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम् (fit to be dried)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• समुदः: the ocean/sea
• समुदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सरिताम्: of rivers
• सरिताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्

• पतिः: lord
• पतिः: Apposition (Predicate noun/उपपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (समासाङ्ग-रूपेण 'सरितांपतिः' इति)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (samudra-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agni (Vahni)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara’s injunction hangs over the roaring sea: Agni is commanded to gather only limited water and not to dry the ocean—an image of cosmic stewardship.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Agni (Vahni)
• Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power must be governed by restraint; dharma protects the world by setting boundaries even on elemental forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its coastal sacred setting, where oceanic and fiery forces are woven into the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse is an ethical-cosmic directive: do not destroy the ocean while performing the intended act.