Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

आभ्यामुत्पाद्यते विश्वमाभ्यां चैव प्रतिष्ठितम् । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

ābhyāmutpādyate viśvamābhyāṃ caiva pratiṣṭhitam | etacchrutvā vacastasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Aus jenen beiden wird das Weltall hervorgebracht, und durch jene beiden wird es auch gegründet und getragen. Als man diese Worte des großherzigen Nārada vernahm…

Word by Word

• आभ्याम्: by these two
• आभ्याम्: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन-रूपम्; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual)

• उत्पाद्यते: is produced
• उत्पाद्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पद्/उत्पाद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘is produced/comes into being’

• विश्वम्: the universe
• विश्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आभ्याम्: by these two
• आभ्याम्: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: is established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+स्था (धातु) + प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘established/supported’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘महान् आत्मा यस्य’)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) framing Nārada’s speech (deduced: narrative voice reports ‘having heard Nārada’s words’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himālaya, Indra, and the assembled devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada speaks of the two principles from which the cosmos is born and by which it stands; the assembly listens—Himālaya, Indra, and devas—absorbing the teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva
• Pārvatī (implied as the paired principle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos arises and stands through the divine pair (Śiva-Śakti), affirming a unified vision of devotion and metaphysics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Śaiva sphere, where Śiva-Śakti theology is celebrated within the Himalayan Mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; it is a doctrinal summary embedded in the Mahātmya narrative.