Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यदिच्छया विश्वमिदं जायते व्यवतिष्ठते । तथा संलीयते चांते कस्तं न शरणं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

yadicchayā viśvamidaṃ jāyate vyavatiṣṭhate | tathā saṃlīyate cāṃte kastaṃ na śaraṇaṃ vrajet

Translation

Durch wessen Willen dieses Weltall entsteht und besteht, und durch wessen Willen es am Ende wieder vergeht—wer würde nicht zu Ihm als Zuflucht gehen?

Word by Word

• यत्: by which
• यत्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — 'by which' (relative)

• इच्छया: by (his) will
• इच्छया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — 'by (his) will'

• विश्वम्: the universe
• विश्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — subject

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — demonstrative used adjectivally qualifying विश्वम्

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'is born/arises'

• व्यवतिष्ठते: remains established
• व्यवतिष्ठते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'stands/continues' (with उपसर्ग व्य- + अव-)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — 'thus/in the same way'

• संलीयते: dissolves
• संलीयते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ली (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'is dissolved/merges' (उपसर्ग सम्-)

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

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'at the end'

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — interrogative pronoun

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'him'

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — object with motion verb

• व्रजेत्: should go (to)
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'should go/seek'

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the universe emerging, being sustained, and dissolving, all emanating from and returning to the Lord; a devotee approaches with hands folded in surrender.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (the Lord)
• Viśva (Universe)
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Since the cosmos depends on the Lord’s will for creation, maintenance, and dissolution, the highest dharma is to seek refuge in Him.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse is a theological proclamation supporting universal surrender to the Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śaraṇa-vrajaṇa—taking refuge/surrender—is the spiritual act emphasized rather than a specific rite.