Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततः प्रहृष्टो भगवान् वेदांल्लब्ध्वा पितामहः । जनयामास निखिलं जगद्भूयश्चराचरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ prahṛṣṭo bhagavān vedāṃllabdhvā pitāmahaḥ | janayāmāsa nikhilaṃ jagadbhūyaścarācaram

Translation

Thereafter the revered Pitāmaha, Brahmā, delighted upon regaining the Vedas, brought forth once again the entire universe—both the moving and the unmoving.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereupon)

• prahṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• prahṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vedān: the Vedas
• vedān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having obtained’

• pitāmahaḥ: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• janayāmāsa: created; generated
• janayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: janī/jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: caused to be born/created)

• nikhilam: entire
• nikhilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nikhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (jagat)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (again/more)

• cara-acaram: moving and unmoving (beings)
• cara-acaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (moving and non-moving)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Purāṇic narrative style within Āvantya-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, newly receiving the Vedas, radiates delight; from him emanate symbolic forms of beings—plants, animals, humans, devas—unfolding like a mandala of creation.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Veda
• Jagat (universe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation and right order are grounded in Vedic wisdom; when knowledge is restored, harmony returns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single tirtha in this verse; it supports the Revā-khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography narrative through cosmological background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.