Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । दग्धो यथा स्मरः पूर्वं पुनर्वीर्यान्वितः स्थितः

Transliteration

evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | dagdho yathā smaraḥ pūrvaṃ punarvīryānvitaḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ เราได้บอกแก่ท่านครบถ้วนตามที่ท่านถาม—ว่า สะมระ (กาม) ผู้เคยถูกเผาในกาลก่อน ได้กลับตั้งมั่นอีกครั้งพร้อมด้วยฤทธิ์เดช

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन; (to/for) you—possessive sense

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative) एकवचन; कर्मपद

• आख्यातम्: explained / told
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; “(has been) told/explained”

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative) एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative) एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/nominative) एकवचन

• परिपृच्छसि: you ask
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दग्धः: burnt
• दग्धः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; विशेषण

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle: “as/like”)

• स्मरः: Smara (Kāma)
• स्मरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative) एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: “formerly/before”)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• वीर्य: with potency
• वीर्य: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental) एकवचन (समासे पूर्वपद-भावः)

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (kta); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; “endowed/possessed”

• स्थितः: stood / remained
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (kta); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; “stood/was”

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (narrator within the dialogue; likely Īśvara/Śiva addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛtasmara (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator concludes the account; the listener sits respectfully; behind them, the tīrtha landscape suggests the story’s grounding in place.

Characters & Entities

• Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even what is destroyed can be re-established by divine will; sacred narrative frames the tīrtha as a locus of restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Kṛtasmara/Kāmakuṇḍa in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Smara is said to have regained potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concludes the explanatory account.