Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तत्क्षणात्पुष्टिमगमत्कांत्या परमया युतः । धातुषु क्षीयमाणेषु पुष्टो हि सुधया हि सः

Transliteration

tatkṣaṇātpuṣṭimagamatkāṃtyā paramayā yutaḥ | dhātuṣu kṣīyamāṇeṣu puṣṭo hi sudhayā hi saḥ

Translation

அந்தக் கணமே அவன் வலிமை பெற்றான்; உன்னத ஒளியால் விளங்கினான். உடல் தாதுக்கள் சிதைந்தாலும், அமுதத்தாலேயே அவன் போஷிக்கப்பட்டான்।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular) — विशेषणरूपेण

• क्षणात्: from the moment
• क्षणात्: Apādāna (Ablative/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• पुष्टिम्: nourishment, fullness
• पुष्टिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• अगमत्: attained, went to
• अगमत्: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• कान्त्या: by radiance, by splendor
• कान्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• परमया: supreme, highest
• परमया: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular) — ‘कान्त्या’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्/युज्-सम्बन्धे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular) — भूतकृदन्त/कृतप्रत्ययान्त, ‘युक्त/समन्वित’

• धातुषु: in the elements/constituents
• धातुषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Locative, Plural)

• क्षीयमाणेषु: while (they were) diminishing
• क्षीयमाणेषु: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीयमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √क्षि (क्षये) )
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Locative, Plural) — वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), ‘क्षीयन्ते’

• पुष्टः: nourished, strengthened
• पुष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पुष् (पोषणे))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular) — भूतकृदन्त, ‘पोषित/समृद्ध’

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)
• Form: निपात (particle) — अवधान/हेतु/निश्चयार्थ

• सुधया: by nectar
• सुधया: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)
• Form: निपात (particle) — पुनरुक्त-निश्चयार्थ

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra jalāśaya (unnamed)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Immediately after drinking, Soma becomes vigorous and supremely radiant; yet the bodily elements are described as wasting—visual paradox: glowing deity with subtle signs of depletion, sustained by nectar.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (implied)
• Sudhā/Amṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can replenish life even when decline is evident; sacred potency is depicted as sustaining dharma and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s amṛta-connected water source (jalāśaya) implied in the episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; the emphasis is on the restorative power of sudhā/amṛta in sacred waters.