Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

चक्रुरालिंगनं काश्चिच्चुम्बनं च तथापराः । अन्यास्तस्य हि लिंगं तत्स्पृशंति च मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

cakrurāliṃganaṃ kāściccumbanaṃ ca tathāparāḥ | anyāstasya hi liṃgaṃ tatspṛśaṃti ca muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

काश्चिदालिङ्गनं चक्रुः काश्चिच्चुम्बनमपरे। अन्यास्तस्य लिङ्गं तु मुहुर्मुहुः स्पृशन्ति स्म।

Word by Word

• cakruḥ: they did
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• āliṅganam: embrace
• āliṅganam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āliṅgana (प्रातिपदिक; ā-√liṅg धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• kāścit: some (women)
• kāścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural); अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (indefinite: 'some')

• cumbanam: kissing
• cumbanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cumbana (प्रातिपदिक; √cumb धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक (adverb: 'thus/so')

• aparāḥ: others
• aparāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• anyāḥ: other (women)
• anyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• liṅgam: phallus/linga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण-प्रयोग (qualifying)

• spṛśanti: they touch
• spṛśanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time: 'again and again')

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A charged moment of impropriety around the ascetic figure; the narrative is explicit, but visual depiction should be symbolic and modest—suggesting transgression through gestures and shocked attendants rather than explicit anatomy.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān/Śiva (implied)
• Women of the āśrama (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text depicts the extremity of kāma-driven loss of restraint to underscore the purāṇic warning against lust and delusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Vālakhilya-āśrama episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.