Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

विपाट्य जठराण्येषां वीर्यं माहेश्वरं ततः । निष्क्रांतं तत्सरो जातं पारदं शतयोजनम्

Transliteration

vipāṭya jaṭharāṇyeṣāṃ vīryaṃ māheśvaraṃ tataḥ | niṣkrāṃtaṃ tatsaro jātaṃ pāradaṃ śatayojanam

Translation

ان کے پیٹ چاک کر کے پھر ماہیشور قوت بہہ نکلی؛ اسی سے پارَد (پارہ) کا ایک جھیل پیدا ہوا جو سو یوجن تک پھیلا ہوا تھا۔

Word by Word

• विपाट्य: having torn open
• विपाट्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-पट्/पाट् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः (indeclinable verbal)

• जठराणि: bellies
• जठराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), बहुवचन (pl.)

• एषाम्: of these (gods)
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl.)

• वीर्यम्: seed/potency
• वीर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg.)

• माहेश्वरम्: of Maheśvara (Śiva)
• माहेश्वरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), क्रम (then)

• निष्क्रान्तम्: came out/emerged
• निष्क्रान्तम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस्-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg.)

• तत्: that (potency)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg.)

• सरः: a lake
• सरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)

• जातम्: was born/formed
• जातम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)

• पारदम्: mercury/quicksilver
• पारदम्: Apposition (Sāmānādhikaraṇya/सामानाधिकरण्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); विशेष्य-निर्देश (appositional)

• शतयोजनम्: a hundred yojanas (in extent)
• शतयोजनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Measure/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-योजन (प्रातिपदिक; शत + योजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); परिमाण-विशेषण (measure adjective)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārada-saras (Mercury Lake)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The bellies of the devas are rent; Māheśvara potency streams forth and congeals into a vast, shimmering mercury lake spanning a hundred yojanas—silvery, reflective, uncanny.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Pārada (mercury)
• Saras (lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s tejas is overwhelming and world-forming; divine potency, when displaced, can manifest as extraordinary sacred phenomena.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred lake of mercury (pārada-saras) is described as arising, but the verse itself does not give a conventional tīrtha-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; it is etiological (origin) narration.