Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

प्रनष्टसंज्ञः सहसा बाष्पपूरपरिप्लुतः । लब्धसंज्ञो मुहूर्तेन चक्षुषी उदमीलयत्

Transliteration

pranaṣṭasaṃjñaḥ sahasā bāṣpapūrapariplutaḥ | labdhasaṃjño muhūrtena cakṣuṣī udamīlayat

Translation

അവൻ പെട്ടെന്ന് ബോധം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു, കണ്ണീരിന്റെ പ്രളയത്തിൽ നനഞ്ഞു; പിന്നെ കുറച്ചുനേരംകൊണ്ട് ബോധം വീണ്ടെടുത്തു കണ്ണുകൾ തുറന്നു।

Word by Word

• pranaṣṭa-saṃjñaḥ: unconscious (having lost consciousness)
• pranaṣṭa-saṃjñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√naś (धातु) → pranaṣṭa (कृदन्त) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास ('whose consciousness is lost'); कृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'suddenly/at once')

• bāṣpa-pūra-pariplutaḥ: flooded with a stream of tears
• bāṣpa-pūra-pariplutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūra (प्रातिपदिक) + pari-√plu (धातु) → paripluta (कृदन्त)
• Form: समास (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान: 'flooded with a flood of tears'); कृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• labdha-saṃjñaḥ: having regained consciousness
• labdha-saṃjñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √labh (धातु) → labdha (कृदन्त) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास ('who has regained consciousness'); कृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• muhūrtena: in a moment/after a short while
• muhūrtena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; काल-करण (instrumental of time)

• cakṣuṣī: (his) two eyes
• cakṣuṣī: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्विवचन; द्वितीया (2nd) (object of opening)

• udamīlayat: opened
• udamīlayat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√mīl (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The boy lies unconscious, face wet with tears; after a brief moment he stirs and opens his eyes, the air charged with expectancy.

Characters & Entities

• Bālaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional intensity can overwhelm the body, yet it becomes a doorway to renewed spiritual vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the child’s physical and emotional state.