Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

जाल्मरूपधरो भूत्वा शंकरस्तत्र चागतः

Transliteration

jālmarūpadharo bhūtvā śaṃkarastatra cāgataḥ

Translation

ထို့နောက် သင်္ကရသည် “ဇာလ္မ” ဟူသော နိမ့်ကျသည့်/ဖုံးကွယ်သည့် ရုပ်သဏ္ဌာန်ကို ခံယူကာ ထိုနေရာသို့လည်း ရောက်လာခဲ့၏။

Word by Word

• जाल्म-रूप-धरः: bearing a vile/lowly form
• जाल्म-रूप-धरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाल्म + रूप + धर (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (जाल्मं रूपं धारयति); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (शंकरस्य विशेषणम्)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having become)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (and)

• आगतः: came
• आगतः: Kriya (Motion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (PPP, intransitive sense); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (Kapāleśvara vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara arrives in Prabhāsa in a jālma guise—plain-clothed, ash-smeared, possibly as a mendicant or lowly figure—while the sacred aura subtly reveals his divinity to the perceptive.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine may appear in humble or unexpected forms; reverence and discernment should not depend on outward appearance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Prabhāsa Kṣetra setting within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the Kapāleśvara-related narrative flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse narrates Śiva’s arrival in a disguised form.