Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

रोमकूपाणि चैव स्युर्द्वादशैते मलाश्रयाः । हृत्पद्मप्रतिबद्धाश्च सर्वा नाड्यः समंततः

Transliteration

romakūpāṇi caiva syurdvādaśaite malāśrayāḥ | hṛtpadmapratibaddhāśca sarvā nāḍyaḥ samaṃtataḥ

Translation

اور بالوں کے مسام بھی انہی میں ہیں—یہ بارہ ہی میلوں کے ٹھکانے ہیں۔ دل کے کنول سے بندھی ہوئی سب نادیاں (نڑیاں) ہر طرف پھیلی ہوئی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• romakūpāṇi: hair-pores
• romakūpāṇi: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roma (प्रातिपदिक) + kūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘रोम्णः कूपाः’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• syuḥ: would be / are said to be
• syuḥ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (optative, 3rd pl)

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśan (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे (numeral used predicatively)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• malāśrayāḥ: abodes of impurities
• malāśrayāḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mala (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘मलानाम् आश्रयाः’)

• hṛtpadma-pratibaddhāḥ: bound to the heart-lotus
• hṛtpadma-pratibaddhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + padma (प्रातिपदिक) + pratibaddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √bandh)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘हृत्पद्मे प्रतिबद्धाः’); भूतकृदन्त

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• nāḍyaḥ: channels (nāḍīs)
• nāḍyaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāḍī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• samantataḥ: on all sides / throughout
• samantataḥ: Adhikarana (Scope)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous heart-lotus at the center of the chest, with countless nāḍīs radiating outward like fine golden threads; hair-pores and bodily outlets subtly indicated as impurity-abodes at the periphery.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It contrasts inner subtle channels with outer impurity, urging purification and inward turning toward the heart-centered spiritual path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sthala-māhātmya appears here; it is a yogic-physiological description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports the broader dharmic value of śauca and inner discipline.