Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पिबतां तत्र पीयूषं देवानां वरवर्णिनि । बिंदवः पतिता भूमौ शतशोथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

pibatāṃ tatra pīyūṣaṃ devānāṃ varavarṇini | biṃdavaḥ patitā bhūmau śataśotha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

اے حسین رنگ والی، جب دیوتا وہاں پیوش (امرت) پی رہے تھے تو زمین پر قطرے گرے—سینکڑوں بلکہ ہزاروں کی تعداد میں۔

Word by Word

• pibatām: of (the) drinking (gods)
• pibatām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; द्विवचन/बहुवचन?; परस्मैपद; (वस्तुतः: षष्ठीबहुवचनस्य कृदन्त-सम्बन्धे 'पिबताम्' = present participle gen.pl. is also possible, but here taken as लट् 3rd dual 'of the two drinking' is unlikely; अधिकप्रचलितः: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त 'पिबताम्' (genitive plural) understood elliptically with devānām)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• pīyūṣam: nectar
• pīyūṣam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīyūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• varavarṇini: O lady of excellent complexion
• varavarṇini: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक; वर + वर्णिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन

• biṃdavaḥ: drops
• biṃdavaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• patitāḥ: fell
• patitāḥ: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; (biṃdavaḥ ... patitāḥ = 'drops fell')

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśaḥ (अव्यय; शत + शस्)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (distributive adverb: 'by hundreds')

• atha: and then
• atha: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (then/and)

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśaḥ (अव्यय; सहस्र + शस्)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (distributive adverb: 'by thousands')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-bindu-sambandhī tīrtha(s) within Prabhāsa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As devas drink, countless luminous droplets of nectar spill and scatter onto the earth, sparkling and sanctifying the terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Devas
• Amṛta
• Bhūmi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a place is traced to divine substance and event—amṛta drops become sources of tīrtha power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative prepares the identification of a Prabhāsakṣetra tīrtha formed from fallen amṛta drops.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the mythic cause behind the tīrtha’s sanctity.