Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

एवंविधं हि विश्वस्य निर्माणं स्मरतोहृदि । अपि कृते त्रिलोक्याश्च कथं पापे रमेन्मनः

Transliteration

evaṃvidhaṃ hi viśvasya nirmāṇaṃ smaratohṛdi | api kṛte trilokyāśca kathaṃ pāpe ramenmanaḥ

Translation

For one who remembers in the heart this wondrous fashioning of the universe—even of the three worlds—how could the mind take delight in sin?

Word by Word

• evaṃvidham: of such a kind
• evaṃvidham: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषण (qualifying nirmāṇam: ‘of such a kind’)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतौ-निपात (indeed/for)

• viśvasya: of the universe
• viśvasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular (of the universe)

• nirmāṇam: creation
• nirmāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir + √mā (धातु) + lyuṭ (प्रत्यय) → nirmāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (creation/construction)

• smarataḥ: of one who remembers
• smarataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमानकृदन्त/Present active participle), षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular (of one remembering)

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular (in the heart)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (particle: even/also)

• kṛte: in the Kṛta (age)
• kṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular (in the Kṛta age)

• trilokyāḥ: of the three worlds
• trilokyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular (of the three worlds)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (and)

• katham: how?
• katham: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: how?)

• pāpe: in sin
• pāpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular (in sin)

• ramet: would delight
• ramet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (संभावना/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular optative (would delight)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular (mind)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛdaya-smṛti tīrtha (inner remembrance as tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditator with closed eyes sees within the heart a vision of the three worlds—heaven, earth, underworld—arranged like concentric realms; dark sin-figures dissolve at the edge of the aura.

Characters & Entities

• Viśva (Universe)
• Trilokī (Three Worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contemplation of divine cosmic order naturally turns the mind away from pāpa (sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the ‘holy’ focus is interior remembrance rather than a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is smaraṇa (remembrance/meditative recollection), not a formal ritual.