Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

क्वचिद्वह्निसमाकारं क्वचिदिन्द्रायुधप्रभम् । क्वचिद्धूम्रं क्वचित्पीतं क्वचिद्रक्तं क्वचित्सितम्

Transliteration

kvacidvahnisamākāraṃ kvacidindrāyudhaprabham | kvaciddhūmraṃ kvacitpītaṃ kvacidraktaṃ kvacitsitam

Translation

บางแห่งดูดุจเปลวไฟ บางแห่งส่องประกายดุจรุ้งของพระอินทร์; บางแห่งเป็นสีหม่นควัน บางแห่งสีเหลือง บางแห่งสีแดง และบางแห่งสีขาว

Word by Word

• क्वचित्: in some places
• क्वचित्: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (somewhere/sometimes)

• वह्निसमाकारम्: having a form like fire
• वह्निसमाकारम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वह्निना समः आकारः यस्य)

• क्वचित्: in some places
• क्वचित्: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• इन्द्रायुधप्रभम्: having the splendor of a rainbow
• इन्द्रायुधप्रभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रायुध (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रायुधस्य प्रभा यस्य)

• क्वचित्: in some places
• क्वचित्: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• धूम्रम्: smoky-gray
• धूम्रम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: in some places
• क्वचित्: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• पीतम्: yellow
• पीतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: in some places
• क्वचित्: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• रक्तम्: red
• रक्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: in some places
• क्वचित्: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• सितम्: white
• सितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (first-person descriptive flow continues; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāliṅga at Revā-tīra (as identified in subsequent verses)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single sacred form whose surface shifts: fiery in one area, rainbow-bright in another; patches of smoky grey, yellow, red, and white shimmering across it.

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine may appear in many colors and modes; plurality of appearance does not negate unity of sacred presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred riverbank locale within Revā Khaṇḍa where an extraordinary, color-shifting divine form is witnessed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes darśana and the wondrous nature of the manifestation.