Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

चतुःप्रकृतिसंयुक्तं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । युगान्ते तु विनिष्क्रान्तमपश्यत्स महेश्वरः

Transliteration

catuḥprakṛtisaṃyuktaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | yugānte tu viniṣkrāntamapaśyatsa maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Maheśvara contempla le monde des êtres mobiles et immobiles—constitué des quatre éléments de la nature—qui reparaît à la fin de l’âge.

Word by Word

• catuḥ-prakṛti-saṃyuktam: joined with the four prakṛtis
• catuḥ-prakṛti-saṃyuktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, sam-√yuj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (jagat); ‘चतसृभिः प्रकृतिभिः संयुक्तम्’

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

• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: immobile and mobile (beings)
• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāvara (प्रातिपदिक) + jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (jagat); ‘स्थावरं च जङ्गमं च’

• yuga-ante: at the end of an age
• yuga-ante: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘युगस्य अन्ते’

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• viniṣkrāntam: having emerged; gone forth
• viniṣkrāntam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-niṣ-√kram (क्रम् धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (jagat); ‘gone forth/emerged’

• apaśyat: saw
• apaśyat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a-√paś (पश् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘he saw’

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

• maheśvaraḥ: Mahēśvara (Great Lord)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘महान् ईश्वरः’

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa (contextual frame; not a single tīrtha named in verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara, serene and unmoving, beholds the re-emerging cosmos: beings and landscapes arising from subtle elements; a sense of dawn-after-dissolution, with faint forms coalescing into life.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Sthāvara-jangama (immobile and mobile beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after cosmic endings, life re-emerges by divine will; dharma is grounded in the Lord’s sustaining presence through cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; it is a universal cosmological statement within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.