Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

आभ्यामुत्पाद्यते विश्वमाभ्यां चैव प्रतिष्ठितम् । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

ābhyāmutpādyate viśvamābhyāṃ caiva pratiṣṭhitam | etacchrutvā vacastasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

De ces deux procède l’univers, et par ces deux il est aussi établi et soutenu. Ayant entendu ces paroles du magnanime Nārada...

Word by Word

• आभ्याम्: by these two
• आभ्याम्: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन-रूपम्; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual)

• उत्पाद्यते: is produced
• उत्पाद्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पद्/उत्पाद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘is produced/comes into being’

• विश्वम्: the universe
• विश्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• आभ्याम्: by these two
• आभ्याम्: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: is established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+स्था (धातु) + प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘established/supported’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘महान् आत्मा यस्य’)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) framing Nārada’s speech (deduced: narrative voice reports ‘having heard Nārada’s words’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himālaya, Indra, and the assembled devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada speaks of the two principles from which the cosmos is born and by which it stands; the assembly listens—Himālaya, Indra, and devas—absorbing the teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva
• Pārvatī (implied as the paired principle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos arises and stands through the divine pair (Śiva-Śakti), affirming a unified vision of devotion and metaphysics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Śaiva sphere, where Śiva-Śakti theology is celebrated within the Himalayan Mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; it is a doctrinal summary embedded in the Mahātmya narrative.