Shloka 17 - Adhyaya 34 - Arbudha Khanda - Prabhasa Khanda | Malay | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

विदार्य वसुधां कृष्णोऽप्यधस्तात्सत्वरं गतः । स भित्त्वा सप्तपातालानधो यावत्प्रयाति च । तावत्कालाग्निरुद्रस्तु दृष्टस्तेन महात्मना

Transliteration

vidārya vasudhāṃ kṛṣṇo'pyadhastātsatvaraṃ gataḥ | sa bhittvā saptapātālānadho yāvatprayāti ca | tāvatkālāgnirudrastu dṛṣṭastena mahātmanā

Translation

Membelah bumi, Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu) pun segera turun ke bawah. Setelah menembusi tujuh alam Pātāla sejauh yang mampu, di sana jiwa agung itu menyaksikan Kālāgnirudra.

Word by Word

विदार्यhaving torn/split

वसुधाम्the earth

कृष्णःKṛṣṇa

अपिalso, even

अधस्तात्downwards, below

सत्वरम्quickly

गतःwent

सःhe

भित्त्वाhaving pierced/broken through

सप्तपातालान्the seven netherworlds

अधःdown

यावत्as far as, until

प्रयातिgoes, proceeds

चand

तावत्then/so long

कालाग्निरुद्रःKālāgnirudra

तुindeed, however

दृष्टःwas seen

तेनby him

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narration within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māheśvara Liṅga axis (Arbuda) revealing Kālāgnirudra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Royal interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa) tears open the earth and plunges downward, breaking through seven pātālas; at the deepest reach he beholds Kālāgnirudra—terrible, time-fire radiance, yet divine.

Characters & Entities

Viṣṇu (as Kṛṣṇa)

Kālāgnirudra

Saptapātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine power meets the boundary of cosmic mystery; Time-fire (Rudra) symbolizes the limit of descent and the awe of the Absolute.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-region liṅga narrative is foregrounded; the verse itself is cosmological rather than naming a bathing-ghāṭa or kuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative of descent and revelation.