Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

प्राक्षिपत्कांचने कुंडे शुक्रं तद्धारणेऽक्षमा । शिष्टानामपि देवीनां सप्तर्षीणां महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

prākṣipatkāṃcane kuṃḍe śukraṃ taddhāraṇe'kṣamā | śiṣṭānāmapi devīnāṃ saptarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām

Translation

അത് ധരിക്കാൻ അശക്തയായി അവൾ ആ ശുക്രത്തെ സ്വർണ്ണകുണ്ഡത്തിൽ നിക്ഷേപിച്ചു—അത് ധരിക്കൽ ശിഷ്ട ദേവിമാർക്കും മഹാത്മാക്കളായ സപ്തർഷികൾക്കും പോലും ദുഷ്കരം.

Word by Word

• प्राक्षिपत्: she threw / cast
• प्राक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कांचने: in the golden
• कांचने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कुंडे: in the pit/bowl (kuṇḍa)
• कुंडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुक्रम्: semen
• शुक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• धारणे: in bearing/holding (it)
• धारणे: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारण (प्रातिपदिक; धृ-धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• अक्षमा: incapable
• अक्षमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-प्रत्यय (negation)

• शिष्टानाम्: of the virtuous/learned
• शिष्टानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; शास्-धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• देवीनाम्: of the goddesses
• देवीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सप्तर्षीणाम्: of the seven sages
• सप्तर्षीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (सप्त ऋषयः)

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāñcana-kuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a stark mountain ledge, a radiant golden vessel gleams. The bearer, strained by the unbearable potency, releases the seed into the vessel; nearby, the presence of the Seven Sages and noble goddesses is evoked as witnesses to the magnitude of the burden.

Characters & Entities

• Saptarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain divine burdens exceed ordinary capacity; dharma seeks proper containment and right handling of potent forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; the verse emphasizes the sacred handling of a powerful essence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; however, the imagery echoes sacrificial containment (kuṇḍa) and purity.