Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

संहर त्वं जगद्देव सदेवासुरमानुषम् । प्राप्तो युगसहस्रान्तः कालः संहरणक्षमः

Transliteration

saṃhara tvaṃ jagaddeva sadevāsuramānuṣam | prāpto yugasahasrāntaḥ kālaḥ saṃharaṇakṣamaḥ

Translation

O Herr der Welt, ziehe das All zurück und löse es auf—mitsamt Göttern, Asuras und Menschen. Die Zeit ist gekommen: das Ende von tausend Yugas, zur Auflösung bestimmt.

Word by Word

• संहर: destroy/withdraw
• संहर: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगद्देव: O Lord of the world
• जगद्देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—जगतः देवः

• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: together with gods, demons, and humans
• सदेवासुरमानुषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + देव + असुर + मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (object) जगत् (understood); समासः—देवाः च असुराः च मानुषाः च (with)

• प्राप्तः: has arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालः इत्यस्य विधेय (predicate)

• युगसहस्रान्तः: the end of a thousand yugas
• युगसहस्रान्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + सहस्र + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालस्य विशेषण/उपपद; समासः—युगानां सहस्रस्य अन्तः

• कालः: Time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संहरणक्षमः: capable of dissolution
• संहरणक्षमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहरण + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण कालः; समासः—संहरणे क्षमः (capable of destruction)

Speaker

Brahmā and the gods (collective supplication, within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods, solemn and resolute, petition Śiva: ‘Dissolve the universe—gods, asuras, humans—time has reached the end of a thousand yugas.’ Śiva stands unmoved, embodying cosmic authority.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Jagaddeva)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Humans
• Time (Kāla)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is acknowledged as the sovereign of cosmic cycles; surrender to divine order is dharma when time ripens for change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single earthly tīrtha is named; the verse is set in Kailāsa-centered divine geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a supplication describing the appointed cosmic time for dissolution.