Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

निजांगमलमादाय यादृग्रूपं सुरेश्वरि । करिष्यसि न सन्देहस्तादृगेव भविष्यति

Transliteration

nijāṃgamalamādāya yādṛgrūpaṃ sureśvari | kariṣyasi na sandehastādṛgeva bhaviṣyati

Translation

ഹേ സുരേശ്വരീ! നിന്റെ ശരീരത്തിലെ അഴുക്ക് എടുത്ത് നീ എങ്ങനെയുള്ള രൂപം ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നുവോ, സംശയമില്ല, അത് അങ്ങനെ തന്നെ ആയിത്തീരും.

Word by Word

• निजाङ्गमलम्: the impurity of (your) own body
• निजाङ्गमलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of one’s own body/limbs’ + ‘impurity’)

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय; ‘having taken’

• यादृक्-रूपम्: such a form
• यादृक्-रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादृश्/यादृक् (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘such’ + ‘form’)

• सुरेश्वरि: O lady of the gods
• सुरेश्वरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of gods’ + ‘lord’ → ‘queen/lady of gods’)

• करिष्यसि: you will make/do
• करिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not / no
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• तादृक्: such (as that)
• तादृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश्/तादृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘such’ (agreeing with implied रूपम्)

• एव: indeed / exactly
• एव: Nishchaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Trinetra/Hara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is instructed to take the ‘impurity’ from her own limbs and fashion a form; whatever form she makes will become real exactly so.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Vināyaka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intention empowered by divine sanction becomes reality—form follows will when aligned with higher authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Arbuda-khaṇḍa mythic account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is bodily cleansing and making a form (lepa), but no formal rite is prescribed in this line alone.