Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ततः प्रयांति संपूर्णास्ताश्च देहं समंततः । ततः स नाडिमध्यस्थो रञ्जकेनोष्मणा रसः

Transliteration

tataḥ prayāṃti saṃpūrṇāstāśca dehaṃ samaṃtataḥ | tataḥ sa nāḍimadhyastho rañjakenoṣmaṇā rasaḥ

Translation

پھر وہ نڑیاں پوری طرح بھر کر بدن میں ہر طرف پھیل جاتی ہیں۔ تب نڑیوں کے بیچ ٹھہرا ہوا رَس رنجک اُشمٰی (رنگ چڑھانے والی حرارت) کے اثر میں آتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• prayānti: go forth / proceed
• prayānti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु) + pra (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 3rd pl)

• saṃpūrṇāḥ: filled / complete
• saṃpūrṇāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (agreeing with ‘nāḍyaḥ’ understood)

• tāḥ: they (those channels)
• tāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

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

• deham: the body
• deham: Karma (Goal/Extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

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

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (adverb)

• saḥ: he/that (rasa)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• nāḍi-madhya-sthaḥ: situated in the middle of the channels
• nāḍi-madhya-sthaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘नाडीनां मध्ये स्थितः’); कृदन्त ‘स्थ’

• rañjakena: by the coloring (agent)
• rañjakena: Karana (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rañjaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• uṣmaṇā: by heat
• uṣmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• rasaḥ: the rasa (nutritive fluid)
• rasaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Characters & Entities

• Nāḍī
• Rasa
• Uṣmā (heat)
• Rañjaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life is maintained by divinely ordered processes; recognizing this supports disciplined living and dharmic purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the focus is instructional rather than tīrtha-māhātmya in this passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it continues a teaching sequence on transformation within the body.