Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । कामनाशाज्जगन्नाशो भवितायं चराचरे । त्रैलोक्यं त्वं पुनः शम्भो उत्पादयितुमर्हसि

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | kāmanāśājjagannāśo bhavitāyaṃ carācare | trailokyaṃ tvaṃ punaḥ śambho utpādayitumarhasi

Translation

Les Deva dirent : «Si Kāma est détruit, le monde—mobile et immobile—ira à sa perte. Ô Śambhu, il te revient de faire renaître les trois mondes.»

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• कामनाशात्: from the destruction of Kāma
• कामनाशात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (kāmasya nāśaḥ)

• जगन्नाशः: destruction of the world
• जगन्नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ nāśaḥ)

• भविता: will occur / is going to be
• भविता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भवितृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: परिप्रयोगे भविष्यदर्थक कृदन्त (periphrastic future participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (asti-लोप)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चराचरे: in the moving and unmoving (world)
• चराचरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (cara + acara)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु (three worlds)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शम्भो: O Śambhu
• शम्भो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• उत्पादयितुम्: to produce / to create
• उत्पादयितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु) + णिच् + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive), णिजन्त (Causative)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas plead before Śambhu, hands raised; behind them, a symbolic vision of the three worlds fading—withered trees, dimmed sun—signifying fear of ruin without Kāma’s principle; Śiva listens, grave yet compassionate.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Kāma
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even forces that seem worldly (desire) have a dharmic cosmic role; restoration must come through Śiva, the regulator of creation and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is named in this verse; it is a cosmic petition within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse models śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) through prayer to Śiva.