Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

जटाजूटेन महता स्फुरद्विद्युत्समार्चिषा । एकार्णवं जगत्सर्वं व्याप्य देवं व्यवस्थितम्

Transliteration

jaṭājūṭena mahatā sphuradvidyutsamārciṣā | ekārṇavaṃ jagatsarvaṃ vyāpya devaṃ vyavasthitam

Translation

Mit einem gewaltigen, verfilzten Haarkranz, flammend wie zuckender Blitz, steht die Gottheit fest gegründet—den einen Ozean und das ganze Weltall durchdringend.

Word by Word

• जटा-जूटेन: with the matted-hair mass
• जटा-जूटेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा (प्रातिपदिक) + जूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (जटारूपं जूटम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• महता: great/huge
• महता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (agreeing with जटाजूटेन)

• स्फुरत्-विद्युत्-सम-आर्चिषा: with a radiance like flashing lightning
• स्फुरत्-विद्युत्-सम-आर्चिषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुरत् (कृदन्त; √स्फुर्) + विद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्चिस्), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular; ‘with radiance equal to flashing lightning’

• एक-अर्णवम्: the single ocean
• एक-अर्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सर्वम्: entire/all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (agreeing with जगत्)

• व्याप्य: having pervaded
• व्याप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √व्याप् (धातु) → व्याप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having pervaded’

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• व्यवस्थितम्: standing/established
• व्यवस्थितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+अव+√स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; ‘stationed/established’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa context; likely a ṛṣi/narrator describing a vision)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A standing (or established) cosmic deity with a massive jaṭā-crown crackling like lightning; the figure’s presence expands to fill ocean and universe—still yet all-encompassing.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (the Lord)
• Ekārṇava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s radiance and all-pervasion are affirmed: He is not limited by dissolution, but remains the ground of the cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; it supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred-geography framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive and contemplative.