Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

क्षुत्पिपासा तदा नष्टा शुद्धिमायात्कलेवरम्

Transliteration

kṣutpipāsā tadā naṣṭā śuddhimāyātkalevaram

Translation

तदा क्षुत्पिपासे नष्टे, कलेवरं शुद्धिमाययौ॥

Word by Word

• क्षुत्पिपासा: hunger and thirst
• क्षुत्पिपासा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुत् + पिपासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्वः; collective)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• नष्टा: disappeared
• नष्टा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used predicatively), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शुद्धिम्: purity
• शुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आयात्: came; attained
• आयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कलेवरम्: the body
• कलेवरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अत्र कर्तृवत्—शुद्धिम् आयात् इति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-taṭa (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (implied by surrounding address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The meditating devotee becomes radiant and light; hunger and thirst vanish, and his body appears purified, calm, and luminous by the riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Devikā (riverbank context)
• Guru (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When contemplation matures, bodily cravings subside and inner purity manifests outwardly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsakṣetra setting, especially the Devikā riverbank implied by the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it describes the fruit (phala) of sustained japa and absorption.