Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

पुनश्च भस्म संमंत्र्य तदंगं सर्वतोऽस्पृशत् । गजानां षट्सहस्रस्य द्विगुणं च बलं ददौ

Transliteration

punaśca bhasma saṃmaṃtrya tadaṃgaṃ sarvato'spṛśat | gajānāṃ ṣaṭsahasrasya dviguṇaṃ ca balaṃ dadau

Translation

แล้วอีกครั้งหนึ่ง ท่านได้ปลุกเสกเถ้าศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (ภัสมะ) ด้วยมนตร์ แล้วแตะต้องกายของเขาทั่วทุกส่วน และประทานกำลังเป็นสองเท่าของช้างหกพันเชือก

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• भस्म: sacred ash
• भस्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• संमन्त्र्य: having consecrated/enchanted
• संमन्त्र्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+मन्त्र् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तद्-अङ्गम्: his body/limbs
• तद्-अङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणपूर्वक (that body/limb)

• सर्वतः: everywhere, all around
• सर्वतः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (on all sides)

• अस्पृशत्: touched/smeared
• अस्पृशत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• गजानाम्: of elephants
• गजानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case, Genitive), बहुवचन

• षट्सहस्रस्य: of six thousand
• षट्सहस्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षट् सहस्राणि)

• द्विगुणम्: double
• द्विगुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्या) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः; विशेषणम् (बलस्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ददौ: gave/bestowed
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (narrator, continuing the account)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yogī consecrates ash with mantra, then touches the prince’s limbs; ash glows subtly; the prince’s posture straightens as immense elephant-like strength is infused.

Characters & Entities

• bhasma
• mantra
• Ṛṣabha
• rājaputra
• gaja (elephants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated bhasma is depicted as a Śaiva medium of divine empowerment when applied with mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the emphasis is on ritual power of bhasma within Śaiva practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-charged bhasma and its application by touch over the body (bhasma-dhāraṇa / bhasma-lepana).