Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ततः शैलः सपत्नीकः पादौ प्रक्षाल्य हर्षितः । भवस्य तेन तोयेन सिषिचे स्वं जगत्तथा

Transliteration

tataḥ śailaḥ sapatnīkaḥ pādau prakṣālya harṣitaḥ | bhavasya tena toyena siṣice svaṃ jagattathā

Translation

پھر شَیل (ہمالیہ) نے اپنی پَتنی سمیت خوشی سے بھَو (شیو) کے قدم دھوئے؛ اور اسی چرن امرت کے جَل سے اپنے ہی جگت پر چھڑکاؤ کر کے برکت دی۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• शैलः: the mountain (Śaila)
• शैलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• सपत्नीकाḥ: with his wife
• सपत्नीकाḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-पत्नी-क (प्रातिपदिक; पत्नी + क)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (having a wife, accompanied by wife)

• पादौ: (the) two feet
• पादौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); द्विवचन

• प्रक्षाल्य: having washed
• प्रक्षाल्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्षल् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having washed)

• हर्षितः: delighted
• हर्षितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (कृदन्त; हृष् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle: delighted)

• भवस्य: of Bhava (Śiva)
• भवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तोयेन: water
• तोयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• सिषिचे: sprinkled/washed (by sprinkling)
• सिषिचे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सि-च् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (own)

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb: thus/likewise)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya, crowned with snowy peaks, with his consort beside him, kneels before Bhava (Śiva) and washes his feet in a golden basin; the collected water is then sprinkled across mountains, forests, and settlements as a blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya (Śaila)
• Menā (implied by sapatnīka)
• Śiva (Bhava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to Śiva (pāda-prakṣālana) becomes sanctifying; what touches the Lord becomes a medium of blessing for one’s whole realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha is not named; the sanctifying power of Śiva’s pāda-toya is emphasized in a mythic setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāda-prakṣālana (washing the feet of the honored guest/deity) and using the sanctified water for auspicious sprinkling.