Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यावन्नो जायते लोके प्रलयोऽ कालसंभवः । एवं संमंत्र्य ते सर्वे ततोऽर्बुदमुपाययुः

Transliteration

yāvanno jāyate loke pralayo' kālasaṃbhavaḥ | evaṃ saṃmaṃtrya te sarve tato'rbudamupāyayuḥ

Translation

Afin qu’une dissolution prématurée ne surgisse pas dans le monde. Après avoir ainsi délibéré, ils partirent tous et atteignirent Arbuda.

Word by Word

• यावत्: until; as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-सम्बन्धक (correlative temporal particle: ‘until/as long as’)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (genitive) बहुवचन (plural) / alternatively चतुर्थी (dative) बहुवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (our) अधिकयुक्ता

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• प्रलयः: dissolution; catastrophe
• प्रलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• कालसंभवः: arising from time
• कालसंभवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘arising from time’), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• संमन्त्र्य: having consulted
• संमन्त्र्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having consulted’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमवाचक (ablatival/sequence adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• अर्बुदम्: Arbuda (mountain/place)
• अर्बुदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• उपाययुः: went/approached
• उपाययुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of devas, grave and intent, resolves to avert untimely dissolution; they set out in a luminous procession toward the Arbuda mountain.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda
• pralaya
• devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective dhārmic action—guided by higher wisdom—prevents catastrophe; sacred restoration is a protection for the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda is explicitly named as the destination, marking it as the focal sacred landscape of this episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The broader prescription implied is to restore and properly establish the liṅga at its rightful sthāna to avert calamity.