Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ततः कृष्णो वचः प्राह मेघगंभीरवाक्प्रभुः । यावन्मही सनक्षत्रा यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛṣṇo vacaḥ prāha meghagaṃbhīravākprabhuḥ | yāvanmahī sanakṣatrā yāvaccaṃdradivākarau

Translation

Then Kṛṣṇa, the lord whose speech was deep like thunderclouds, spoke: “As long as the earth endures with its stars, and as long as the moon and the sun endure…”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vacaḥ: words/speech
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√ah (धातु, √ah/√brū)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• megha-gaṃbhīra-vāk-prabhuḥ: the lord whose voice was deep like thunderclouds
• megha-gaṃbhīra-vāk-prabhuḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṃbhīra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘मेघगंभीरा वाक् यस्य सः’ (whose voice is deep like a cloud)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Correlation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative: ‘as long as’)

• mahī: the earth
• mahī: Karta (Subject in clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sa-nakṣatrā: together with the stars
• sa-nakṣatrā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव—‘नक्षत्रैः सह’ = with stars; विशेषण (qualifying mahī)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Correlation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative: ‘as long as’)

• caṃdra-divākarau: the moon and the sun
• caṃdra-divākarau: Karta (Subject in clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (moon and sun)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa stands or sits as a sovereign speaker, his voice visualized as rolling thunderclouds; behind him, a cosmic backdrop shows stars, sun, and moon as witnesses to the proclamation.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Earth (Mahī)
• Moon (Candra)
• Sun (Divākara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine blessings are framed in cosmic time, indicating enduring merit bestowed by a righteous divine decree.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a long-duration benediction.