Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

चक्रुरालिंगनं काश्चिच्चुम्बनं च तथापराः । अन्यास्तस्य हि लिंगं तत्स्पृशंति च मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

cakrurāliṃganaṃ kāściccumbanaṃ ca tathāparāḥ | anyāstasya hi liṃgaṃ tatspṛśaṃti ca muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Có người ôm lấy Ngài, kẻ khác lại hôn. Lại có những người khác nữa cứ hết lần này đến lần khác chạm vào liṅga của Ngài.

Word by Word

• cakruḥ: they did
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• āliṅganam: embrace
• āliṅganam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āliṅgana (प्रातिपदिक; ā-√liṅg धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• kāścit: some (women)
• kāścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural); अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (indefinite: 'some')

• cumbanam: kissing
• cumbanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cumbana (प्रातिपदिक; √cumb धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक (adverb: 'thus/so')

• aparāḥ: others
• aparāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• anyāḥ: other (women)
• anyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• liṅgam: phallus/linga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण-प्रयोग (qualifying)

• spṛśanti: they touch
• spṛśanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

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

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time: 'again and again')

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A charged moment of impropriety around the ascetic figure; the narrative is explicit, but visual depiction should be symbolic and modest—suggesting transgression through gestures and shocked attendants rather than explicit anatomy.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān/Śiva (implied)
• Women of the āśrama (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text depicts the extremity of kāma-driven loss of restraint to underscore the purāṇic warning against lust and delusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Vālakhilya-āśrama episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.