Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

विशालतेजसा दीप्ता महाज्वालासमाकुलाः । ददहुर्वै जगत्सर्वमादित्या रुद्रसम्भवाः

Transliteration

viśālatejasā dīptā mahājvālāsamākulāḥ | dadahurvai jagatsarvamādityā rudrasambhavāḥ

Translation

Flamboyants d’une immense splendeur et entourés de hautes flammes, les Ādityas —nés de Rudra— consumèrent en vérité l’univers entier.

Word by Word

• viśāla-tejasā: by vast radiance
• viśāla-tejasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (विशालं तेजः = great radiance); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• dīptāḥ: blazing
• dīptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• mahā-jvālā-samākulāḥ: filled with great flames
• mahā-jvālā-samākulāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + jvālā (प्रातिपदिक) + samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (महाज्वालाभिः समाकुलाः = crowded with great flames); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• dadahuḥ: burned
• dadahuḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

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

• sarvam: entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• ādityāḥ: the Ādityas (sun-gods)
• ādityāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• rudra-sambhavāḥ: born of Rudra
• rudra-sambhavāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rudrasya sambhavāḥ = born of Rudra); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Purāṇic narration addressed to a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra-born Ādityas, blazing with vast tejas, encircled by gigantic flames, incinerate the universe; the scene is dominated by radiance and fire columns.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Rudra
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the cosmos is subject to divine dissolution; Rudra’s power transcends creation and sustains dharma through cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets a cosmic backdrop often used in māhātmya sections to magnify sacred places by contrast.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is descriptive of cosmic transformation.