Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

साद्रिश्च सर्वभूलोकश्चूर्णितश्च तदाऽभवत् । तया तेन च देहेन चूर्णितं सचराचरम्

Transliteration

sādriśca sarvabhūlokaścūrṇitaśca tadā'bhavat | tayā tena ca dehena cūrṇitaṃ sacarācaram

Translation

Da wurde die gesamte irdische Welt mitsamt ihren Bergen pulverisiert; von eben jenem Körper wurde alles, was sich bewegt und was stillsteht, zermalmt.

Word by Word

• sa: that
• sa: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying bhūlokaḥ)

• adriḥ: mountain
• adriḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• sarvabhūlokaḥ: the whole earth-world
• sarvabhūlokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वः भূলोकः = 'the entire earth-world'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• cūrṇitaḥ: crushed/pulverized
• cūrṇitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cūrṇ (धातु) + kta (क्त) → cūrṇita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying sarvabhūlokaḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• abhavat: became/was
• abhavat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• tayā: by her/with that (f.)
• tayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tena: by him/with that (m./n.)
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• dehena: by the body
• dehena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• cūrṇitam: crushed
• cūrṇitam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cūrṇ (धातु) + kta (क्त) → cūrṇita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• sacarācaram: all moving and unmoving beings
• sacarācaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (सह/सहित-प्रातिपदिक) + cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (चर + अचर; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समस्त-समुदायार्थः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nivāsa/Mahālayā area (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast panorama: mountains ground to powder, forests and cities swept away; the whirling headless body becomes a dark vortex, flattening all beings—birds, beasts, trees, rocks—into a storm of dust.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked craving can disturb the whole created order; dharma safeguards the harmony of all beings—mobile and immobile.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred-geography narrative, preparing for the naming and glorification of nearby holy places.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.