Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अहो ह्यनंतवीर्यस्य मायामाश्रित्य तिष्ठतः । अनंता सर्वकर्तृत्वे प्रवृत्तिर्दृश्यतामिय म्

Transliteration

aho hyanaṃtavīryasya māyāmāśritya tiṣṭhataḥ | anaṃtā sarvakartṛtve pravṛttirdṛśyatāmiya m

Translation

Ah ! Celui dont la puissance est sans fin, demeurant en s’appuyant sur la Māyā : dans le monde se voit cette activité incessante de la souveraine agentivité universelle.

Word by Word

• अहो: ah!, indeed!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयार्थक-अव्यय (interjection)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/for)

• अनन्तवीर्यस्य: of (him) of infinite power
• अनन्तवीर्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मायाम्: illusion, divine power (māyā)
• मायाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to
• आश्रित्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• तिष्ठतः: of (him) standing/abiding
• तिष्ठतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनन्ता: endless, infinite
• अनन्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) (प्रवृत्तिः इति विशेषणम्)

• सर्वकर्तृत्वे: in universal agency (being the doer of all)
• सर्वकर्तृत्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कर्तृत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रवृत्तिः: activity, engagement
• प्रवृत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृश्यताम्: may it be seen/let it be seen
• दृश्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular) (आशीर्लिङ्गवत् प्रयोगः)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: Kṛṣṇa as serene center, with a translucent veil labeled ‘Māyā’ (symbolic) from which countless activities—creation, protection, governance—radiate like spokes, while his face remains शांत and unperturbed.

Characters & Entities

• Māyā
• Anantavīrya (the infinitely powerful Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic activity is ultimately grounded in the Lord’s power, operating through Māyā; the devotee learns to see divine governance behind appearances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya; the site-context is Dvārakā, though this verse highlights doctrine rather than a landmark.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a theological observation about Māyā and universal doership.