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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्याः प्रोच्चारणार्थं च प्रवृत्तः स्वांशतस्ततः । असूयत महत्तत्त्वं त्रिगुणं तद्विदुर्बुधाः

Transliteration

tasyāḥ proccāraṇārthaṃ ca pravṛttaḥ svāṃśatastataḥ | asūyata mahattattvaṃ triguṇaṃ tadvidurbudhāḥ

Translation

Dann trat Er aus Seinem eigenen Anteil hervor, um ihre artikulierte Offenbarung zu bewirken. Daraus entstand das Prinzip namens Mahat, mit den drei Guṇas begabt, wie die Weisen lehren.

Word by Word
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — सर्वनाम
प्रोच्चारणार्थम्for the purpose of utterance/manifestation
प्रोच्चारणार्थम्:
Karma (Purpose-object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) + उच्चारण (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘उच्चारणस्य अर्थः/प्रयोजनम्’ (for the purpose of utterance/manifestation); तत्पुरुष
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)
प्रवृत्तःset forth/engaged
प्रवृत्तः:
Karta (Agent-state/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) + √वृत् (धातु) वर्तने
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘set in motion/engaged’
स्वांशतःfrom (his) own portion
स्वांशतः:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — ‘स्वस्य अंशः’ (from his own portion); ablative
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)
असूयतwas produced
असूयत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (धातु) प्रसवे (to beget/produce)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘was produced/was born’
महत्तत्त्वम्the great principle (Mahat-tattva)
महत्तत्त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्मधारयः (‘महत् तत्त्वम्’); here as subject of ‘असूयत’
त्रिगुणम्three-guṇed
त्रिगुणम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण; ‘having three guṇas’
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — सर्वनाम; ‘that’ (referring to mahattattva)
विदुःknow
विदुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (धातु) ज्ञाने
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘they know’
बुधाःthe wise
बुधाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sphere labeled ‘Mahat’ emerges from the divine essence, illuminating Prakṛti’s previously indistinct forms into clear outlines—like dawn revealing a landscape.

FAQs

Creation begins as a purposeful manifestation from the Divine, with Mahat (cosmic intelligence) arising as the first tri-guṇic principle.

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the focus is philosophical cosmology within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

None; the verse explains metaphysical origination rather than prescribing vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.

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