Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

प्रलये समनुप्राप्ते ह्यादित्या द्वादशैव ते । द्वादशादित्यतो राजन् सम्भवन्ति युगक्षये

Transliteration

pralaye samanuprāpte hyādityā dvādaśaiva te | dvādaśādityato rājan sambhavanti yugakṣaye

Translation

Ô roi, lorsque survient le pralaya, la dissolution cosmique, ces douze Ādityas se manifestent assurément ; et à la fin d’un âge ils surgissent comme la manifestation de la Forme des Douze Soleils.

Word by Word

• प्रलये: at the dissolution
• प्रलये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (loc. sg.)

• समनुप्राप्ते: when (it) has fully arrived
• समनुप्राप्ते: Kāla (Time; locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘प्रलये … समनुप्राप्ते’ (locative absolute: when dissolution has fully arrived)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (masc. nom. pl.)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे (numeral used adjectivally: ‘twelve’)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (masc. nom. pl., pronoun)

• द्वादशादित्यतः: from the Twelve Ādityas
• द्वादशादित्यतः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश-आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास) + तसिल्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; तसिलन्त-प्रयोगः ‘…तः’ (abl. sg.: from the Twelve Ādityas)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• सम्भवन्ति: arise, come into being
• सम्भवन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (pres. ind. 3rd pl.)

• युगक्षये: at the end of an age
• युगक्षये: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘युगस्य क्षये’ (loc. sg.)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic speaker, contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādashāditya-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the universe dissolving into waters (pralaya) while twelve solar forms re-emerge at yugānta as a radiant wheel; the local tīrtha is shown as a luminous point connecting earth to the cosmic scene.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Dvādaśāditya
• Pralaya
• Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic endings are governed by divine order; contemplating the Twelve Ādityas cultivates reverence for dharma that sustains time and creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Revā Khaṇḍa frame, the teaching is situated in the Narmadā (Revā) sacred geography, where solar forms and their darśana are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse sets the doctrinal basis (pralaya-context) but does not yet prescribe a specific rite; later verses describe darśana and pradakṣiṇā.