Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अथासौ सह पुत्रेण प्रविष्टस्तत्र निर्झरे । विमुक्ते भास्करे राजन्विरूपश्चाभवत्पुनः

Transliteration

athāsau saha putreṇa praviṣṭastatra nirjhare | vimukte bhāskare rājanvirūpaścābhavatpunaḥ

Translation

Rồi ông cùng con trai bước vào mạch suối thác ấy. Nhưng khi ảnh hưởng của mặt trời đã dứt, tâu Đại vương, ông lại trở nên dị dạng như trước.

Word by Word

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (indeclinable; sequence/beginning marker)

• asau: that person/he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रयोगसामर्थ्य; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (indeclinable; 'with' governing instrumental)

• putreṇa: with (his) son
• putreṇa: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन

• praviṣṭaḥ: having entered/entered
• praviṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-viś (धातु) → praviṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• nirjhare: in the waterfall/stream
• nirjhare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirjhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन

• vimukte: when (it was) released/when freed
• vimukte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-muc (धातु) → vimukta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (भास्करे इति विशेष्ये)

• bhāskare: in/when the sun
• bhāskare: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• virūpaḥ: deformed/ugly
• virūpaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (asau इति)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-niḥjhara/jalāśaya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The man and his son enter the cascading spring; light shifts as the sun’s influence is removed (cloud cover or sunset), and the man’s body reverts to deformity—wonder turning to dread.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often contrast temporary boons with lasting dharma; inner purity and right conduct are implied as essential for enduring uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A nirjhara (waterfall/spring) tīrtha in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, central to the episode’s miraculous changes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entry into and bathing/immersion in the sacred waters is the operative ritual act in the story.