Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

प्राप्ते ब्रह्मदिने विप्रा जायते युगसम्भवः । न पश्यामि त्विदं क्षेत्रमिति रुद्रः स्वयं जगौ

Transliteration

prāpte brahmadine viprā jāyate yugasambhavaḥ | na paśyāmi tvidaṃ kṣetramiti rudraḥ svayaṃ jagau

Translation

Ô brāhmanes, lorsque vient le jour de Brahmā, les yuga renaissent à nouveau ; pourtant Rudra lui-même déclara : «Même alors, ce kṣetra sacré ne cesse point d’être sous mon regard».

Word by Word

• प्राप्ते: when (it is) attained/when it has come
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप् धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle) — ‘प्राप्ते (सति)’ locative absolute sense

• ब्रह्मदिने: on Brahmā’s day
• ब्रह्मदिने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): ‘ब्रह्मणः दिनम्’

• विप्राः: Brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• युगसम्भवः: the one born in the yuga / yuga-born
• युगसम्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘युगस्य सम्भवः’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negative particle)

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (adversative/emphatic particle)

• इदं: this
• इदं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• क्षेत्रम्: field/holy place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of self)

• जगौ: said/spoke
• जगौ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (धातु)
• Form: लिट् लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Rudra/Śiva (explicit: 'iti rudraḥ svayaṃ jagau')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha-kṣetra on Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpaśreṣṭha appears in nearby verse) and/or assembled sages/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, serene and radiant, speaks before assembled brāhmaṇas; behind him a timeless landscape of the Revā riverbank and sacred groves, with subtle cosmic imagery of yuga-wheels turning yet the kṣetra remaining luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Brahmā (Brahmadina)
• vipras
• yugas
• kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred places are portrayed as enduring anchors of dharma, affirmed by Rudra beyond ordinary cycles of time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same kṣetra praised in Adhyāya 182—Bhṛgukaccha/Bhṛgutīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a divine proclamation (kīrtana) establishing the site’s timeless status.