Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स सप्तलोकान्तरनिःसृतात्मा महभुजावेष्टितसर्वगात्रः । नेत्रेण सूर्योदयसन्निभेन प्रवालकाङ्कूरनिभोदरेण

Transliteration

sa saptalokāntaraniḥsṛtātmā mahabhujāveṣṭitasarvagātraḥ | netreṇa sūryodayasannibhena pravālakāṅkūranibhodareṇa

Translation

Son être semblait jaillir à travers les intervalles des sept mondes ; tous ses membres étaient enveloppés de bras puissants. Avec un œil pareil au soleil levant et un ventre tel un jeune rejet de corail, il apparut.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सप्तलोकान्तरनिःसृतात्मा: whose self has emerged beyond the seven worlds
• सप्तलोकान्तरनिःसृतात्मा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + लोक + अन्तर + निः-√सृ (धातु) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः; ‘निःसृत’ (क्त-कृदन्त) + ‘आत्मा’ (आत्मन्-शब्द) — सप्तलोकान्तरात् निःसृतः आत्मा यस्य

• महभुजावेष्टितसर्वगात्रः: whose whole body is wrapped by huge arms
• महभुजावेष्टितसर्वगात्रः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + भुज + आ-√वेष्ट् (धातु) + सर्व + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः; ‘आवेष्टित’ (क्त) — महाभुजैः आवेष्टितानि सर्वगात्राणि यस्य

• नेत्रेण: with (his) eye
• नेत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सूर्योदयसन्निभेन: resembling sunrise
• सूर्योदयसन्निभेन: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्योदय + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्योदय-सदृशः)

• प्रवालकाङ्कूरनिभोदरेण: having a belly like a coral sprout
• प्रवालकाङ्कूरनिभोदरेण: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवाल + काङ्कूर + निभ + उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (प्रवालकाङ्कूरनिभम् उदरं यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avantī-kṣetra (Revā-khaṇḍa frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal Śiva whose presence seems to surge through the gaps between seven worlds; mighty arms encircle and envelop his limbs; one eye blazes like sunrise; the belly glows with coral-sprout hue—strange, living radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Seven worlds (Sapta-loka)
• Sunrise imagery

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as all-pervading across worlds, inviting contemplation on the divine as immanent and transcendent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is cosmological description within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit.