Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । जगदादिरनादिस्त्वं जगदन्तोऽप्यनन्तकः । जगन्मूर्तिरमूर्तिस्त्वं जय गीर्वाणपूजित

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | jagadādiranādistvaṃ jagadanto'pyanantakaḥ | jaganmūrtiramūrtistvaṃ jaya gīrvāṇapūjita

Translation

Les devas dirent : «Tu es le commencement du monde, et pourtant sans commencement ; tu es la fin du monde, et pourtant sans fin. Tu es la forme de l’univers et aussi l’informe. Victoire à Toi, ô Toi que vénèrent les dieux !»

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘the gods’

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘said’

• जगदादिः: the origin of the world
• जगदादिः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + आदि (प्रातिपदिके; components)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘the beginning of the world’ (predicate)

• अनादिः: beginningless
• अनादिः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘beginningless’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘you’

• जगदन्तः: the end of the world
• जगदन्तः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + अन्त (प्रातिपदिके; components)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘the end of the world’ (predicate)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार) — ‘also/even’

• अनन्तकः: the infinite one
• अनन्तकः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘the endless one’

• जगन्मूर्तिः: embodiment of the world
• जगन्मूर्तिः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिके; components)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘whose form is the world / world-embodied’

• अमूर्तिः: formless
• अमूर्तिः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘formless’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘you’ (repeated)

• जय: be victorious
• जय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘be victorious’

• गीर्वाणपूजित: O worshipped by the gods
• गीर्वाणपूजित: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर्वाण + पूजित (प्रातिपदिके; components)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — ‘O (one) worshipped by the gods’

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīroda-sāgara (Milk Ocean)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas chant a lofty stuti before Viṣṇu: cosmic beginning and end, endless, both embodied and formless; the scene radiates metaphysical stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Viṣṇu (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is both immanent and transcendent—manifest as the cosmos yet beyond all forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kṣīroda (Milk Ocean), where divine praise is offered to the cosmic Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymnic praise) is the devotional act presented.