Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ऊर्जयंतः प्रतीच्यां च प्रालेयस्येश्वरोऽपरः । सोमकुडांभसि शनैः स्नात्वार्णवमहीजले

Transliteration

ūrjayaṃtaḥ pratīcyāṃ ca prāleyasyeśvaro'paraḥ | somakuḍāṃbhasi śanaiḥ snātvārṇavamahījale

Translation

مغربی سمت میں پرالیےشور نام کا ایک اور پرمیشور ہے جو قوت عطا کرتا ہے۔ سوما کُنڈ کے جل میں، سمندر کے اس پانی میں جو دھرتی کے جل سے ملا ہوا ہے، آہستگی سے اسنان کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• ūrjayaṃtaḥ: energizing/strengthening (ones)
• ūrjayaṃtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ūrjayant (कृदन्त; √ūrj/ūrjay- धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle)

• pratīcyām: in the west
• pratīcyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratīcī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• prāleyasya: of snow/ice
• prāleyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāleya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• īśvaraḥ: Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative)

• aparaḥ: another/second
• aparaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of īśvaraḥ)

• soma: Soma
• soma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (first member in compound)

• kuḍa-ambhasi: in the water of the (Soma-)pond
• kuḍa-ambhasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kuḍasya ambhasi) अधिकरण

• śanaiḥ: slowly, gently
• śanaiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śanaiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having bathed’

• arṇava-mahī-jale: in the water of the ocean/earth (i.e., sea-water)
• arṇava-mahī-jale: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arṇava (प्रातिपदिक) + mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (arṇavasya/mahīyāḥ jale) अधिकरण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma-kuḍa (associated with Prāleyeśvara)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (addressed in nearby verses of the same passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A western-shore sacred pond (Soma-kuḍa) where sea-water mingles with clear spring/earth-water; a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Prāleyeśvara nearby; pilgrims bathing slowly with folded hands, sunset light on waves.

Characters & Entities

• Prāleyeśvara
• Soma-kuḍa
• Arṇava (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is embodied dharma: bathing in sanctified waters and honoring Śiva at named liṅgas renews spiritual strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Soma-kuḍa and the liṅga/śrine of Prāleyeśvara, within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in Soma-kuḍa waters, described as ocean-water joined with terrestrial waters.