Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

स शोषयति चात्मानं दुःखेन महतान्वितः । समुद्राज्जलमादाय प्रवर्षंति बलाहकाः

Transliteration

sa śoṣayati cātmānaṃ duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ | samudrājjalamādāya pravarṣaṃti balāhakāḥ

Translation

“Ngài đang tự làm mình khô cạn, bị nỗi sầu lớn dày vò. Và các mây mưa, lấy nước từ đại dương, liền đổ xuống thành mưa.”

Word by Word

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

• शोषयति: dries up / causes to dry
• शोषयति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

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

• आत्मानम्: himself / the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दुःखेन: with suffering / by pain
• दुःखेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (दुःखेन इत्यस्य)

• अन्वितः: endowed/associated (with)
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• समुद्रात्: from the ocean
• समुद्रात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रवर्षन्ति: rain down
• प्रवर्षन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वृष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• बलाहकाः: clouds
• बलाहकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलाहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Devagaṇas (the gods), addressing Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Samudra-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Samudra, sorrowful, dries; above him, dark clouds (balāhakas) scoop water and release rain over fields, showing the paradox of depletion and nourishment simultaneously.

Characters & Entities

• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Balāhakas (rain-clouds)
• Rain cycle

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision links nature and dharma: ocean, clouds, and rain form a sacred chain sustaining life and ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the ocean’s welfare is tied to the world’s welfare in the māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it explains the causal support for agriculture and yajña through rainfall.