Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

पित्तं प्रपतितं तत्र तच्च रक्तमयं बभौ । तद्दृष्ट्वाऽतीव हृष्टः स मंकणर्षिर्बभूव ह

Transliteration

pittaṃ prapatitaṃ tatra tacca raktamayaṃ babhau | taddṛṣṭvā'tīva hṛṣṭaḥ sa maṃkaṇarṣirbabhūva ha

Translation

وہاں اس کے بدن سے صفرا گرا اور وہ خون آلود سا دکھائی دیا؛ اسے دیکھ کر رشی منکَṇ بے حد مسرور ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• पित्तम्: bile
• पित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (neut. nom. sg.)

• प्रपतितम्: fallen
• प्रपतितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पत् (धातु) + पतित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘fallen down’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (neut. nom. sg.: that)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• रक्तमयम्: blood-like, full of blood
• रक्तमयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त-मय (प्रातिपदिक; रक्त + मय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘रक्तेन मयम्’ (made of blood)

• बभौ: appeared, became
• बभौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (shone/appeared/became)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.: that)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): having seen

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अतिशयवाचक (very, exceedingly)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष् धातु-जन्य कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (delighted)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.: he)

• मंकणर्षिः: the sage Maṅkaṇaka
• मंकणर्षिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंकण-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक; मंकणक + ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः—‘मंकणकः ऋषिः’ (the sage Maṅkaṇaka)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (became/was)

• ह: indeed (particle)
• ह: Prayojaka-nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरण/वृत्तान्तसूचक निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages / king addressed within the embedded narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic notices a fallen drop of bile appearing blood-like on the ground; his face brightens with mistaken triumph; attendants/forest creatures look on in quiet surprise.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅkaṇa Ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even ascetics can misread bodily phenomena as spiritual attainment; the narrative prepares a lesson on discernment and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the Sarasvatī riverbank within the Arbuda sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative turning point in the ṛṣi’s inner test.