Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

प्रादुर्बभूव विप्रेंद्राः पूयरक्तैश्च वर्षणम् । ततो विष्ठामया वृष्टिर्बल्वलेन कृताप्यभूत्

Transliteration

prādurbabhūva vipreṃdrāḥ pūyaraktaiśca varṣaṇam | tato viṣṭhāmayā vṛṣṭirbalvalena kṛtāpyabhūt

Translation

ഹേ വിപ്രേന്ദ്രന്മാരേ! പൂയവും രക്തവും മഴയായി പ്രാദുര്ഭവിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് ബൽവലൻ ഒരുക്കിയ വിഷ്ഠാമയമായ മഴയും പെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• प्रादुः: manifestly/appearing forth
• प्रादुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• बभूव: arose/appeared
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विप्रेंद्राः: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेंद्राः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; संबोधनार्थे

• पूय: with pus
• पूय: Karana (Instrument/Means करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे सह); ‘पूयरक्तैः’ इत्यस्य पूर्वपद

• रक्तैः: with blood
• रक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/Means करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘पूय’ इत्यनेन सह द्वन्द्व-समाहारः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वर्षणम्: a raining/downpour
• वर्षणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb)

• विष्ठामया: made of excrement
• विष्ठामया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्ठा + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विष्ठया मया = विष्ठामयः)

• वृष्टिः: rain
• वृष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बल्वलेन: by Balvala
• बल्वलेन: Karana (Agent/Instrument करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृता: made/caused
• कृता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वृष्टिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अपि=also/even

• अभूत्: came to be/occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Over the sacrificial ground, unnatural rain falls—red and viscous, then foul filth—while sages recoil, the fire sputters, and the sky appears bruised and hostile, indicating Balvala’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Balvala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Impurity and chaos are depicted as forces that try to derail sacred action; purity of intent and divine guardianship restore the rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (the Setubandha/Rāmeśvara pilgrimage sphere) where the sacred rites and their protection are narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The context is protection of a sacrifice; no direct prescription is stated in this verse.