Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ततो विदारयामास स शीघ्रं धरणीतलम् । प्रविष्टश्चैव पातालं कुण्डलार्थं परिभ्रमन्

Transliteration

tato vidārayāmāsa sa śīghraṃ dharaṇītalam | praviṣṭaścaiva pātālaṃ kuṇḍalārthaṃ paribhraman

Translation

Então, com rapidez, rasgou a superfície da terra e entrou em Pātāla, vagando ali em busca dos brincos.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तर्ये (then)

• विदारयामास: split open
• विदारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-dṛ (धातु: √dṛ ‘to split’; णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• धरणीतलम्: surface of the earth
• धरणीतलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्रविष्टः: having entered / entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि/भूतकर्तरि (past participle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• पातालम्: the netherworld
• पातालम्: Karma (Goal/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कुण्डलार्थम्: for the sake of the earring
• कुण्डलार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kuṇḍala-artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अर्थे द्वितीया (purpose accusative) अव्ययीभावार्थे; प्रयोजनम्

• परिभ्रमन्: wandering around
• परिभ्रमन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-bhram (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; later marked as Vasiṣṭha in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (pātāla-mārga motif)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The earth cracks open with a lightning-lit fissure; Uttaṅka descends into a vast subterranean corridor toward Pātāla, walls gleaming with mineral sheen, distant nāga-city silhouettes, still searching for the earrings.

Characters & Entities

• Uttaṅka
• Pātāla
• kuṇḍala (earrings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True duty is pursued even into fearful realms; steadfastness for dharma makes the impossible path traversable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line describes entry into Pātāla (a cosmological realm), not a named terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the quest for the kuṇḍalas.