Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्र ब्रह्मांडकोटीनां दर्शनं मेऽभवत्पुनः । विस्मयाच्चिंतयानस्य सृष्ट्यर्थमभिधावता

Transliteration

tatra brahmāṃḍakoṭīnāṃ darśanaṃ me'bhavatpunaḥ | vismayācciṃtayānasya sṛṣṭyarthamabhidhāvatā

Translation

Dort erblickte ich abermals Krore von Brahmāṇḍas, die „kosmischen Eier“ unzähliger Universen. In Staunen versunken, sann ich nach und eilte voran um der Schöpfung willen.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• ब्रह्माण्डकोटीनाम्: of crores of universes
• ब्रह्माण्डकोटीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (कोटि), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive plural; तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्माण्डानां कोटयः)

• दर्शनम्: a vision; seeing
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular (here: subject)

• मे: of me; to me (contextually)
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular pronoun

• अभवत्: occurred; happened
• अभवत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘was/occurred’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक) — indeclinable adverb

• विस्मयात्: from astonishment
• विस्मयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular

• चिन्तयानस्य: of (me) thinking
• चिन्तयानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तयत् (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle) ‘चिन्तयत्’ → षष्ठी, एकवचन (पुंलिङ्ग) — Genitive singular: “of (me) thinking”

• सृष्ट्यर्थम्: for the purpose of creation
• सृष्ट्यर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (अर्थ), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष-समास (सृष्टेः अर्थः)

• अभिधावता: by (me) hastening forth
• अभिधावता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धाव् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle) ‘अभिधावत्’ → तृतीया, एकवचन (पुंलिङ्ग) — Instrumental singular: “by/with (me) running forth”

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmāṇḍa-darśana (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a luminous cosmic chamber, Brahmā beholds innumerable brahmāṇḍas—egg-like universes—floating like golden orbs; his faces show astonishment and contemplation.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is vast beyond ordinary measure, inspiring humility and reverence toward the divine source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific holy place is cited; the focus is cosmological vision within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.