Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कृतस्मरः पुनस्तत्र अनंगो बलवांस्तथा । तेनोढा शैलजा तेन शंकरेण महात्मना

Transliteration

kṛtasmaraḥ punastatra anaṃgo balavāṃstathā | tenoḍhā śailajā tena śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā

Translation

അവിടെയേ കാമൻ വീണ്ടും ‘കൃതസ്മരൻ’ ആയി—അനംഗനായിട്ടും മഹാബലവാൻ; അവിടെയേ മഹാത്മാവായ ശങ്കരൻ ശൈലജയെ (പാർവതി) വിവാഹം ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• kṛtasmaraḥ: Kṛtasmar(a) (one whose love was restored)
• kṛtasmaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta-smara (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + स्मर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तौ/adverb ‘again’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशे/adverb of place)

• anaṅgaḥ: Anaṅga (Kāma)
• anaṅgaḥ: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• balavān: strong, powerful
• balavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/रीत्या ‘thus/also’)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ūḍhā: was married (taken as wife)
• ūḍhā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vah (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘carried/married’ (विवाहे रूढ)

• śailajā: Śailajā (Pārvatī, daughter of the mountain)
• śailajā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila-jā (प्रातिपदिक; शैल + जा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• śaṅkareṇa: by Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled one
• mahātmanā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛtasmara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred precinct, Anaṅga (Kāma), subtle yet potent, regains presence; Śiva, serene and ash-smeared, weds Śailajā (Pārvatī) amid divine witnesses and auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma (Anaṅga)
• Kṛtasmara
• Śiva (Śaṅkara)
• Pārvatī (Śailajā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva restores cosmic functions without surrendering to them: desire becomes subtle yet effective, while dharmic union (Śiva-Pārvatī) stabilizes creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a sacred locus where restoration (Kṛtasmara) and Śaiva auspiciousness are affirmed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse is primarily narrative and theological.