Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एवमेतज्जगद्देवि उत्पत्तिस्थितिलक्षणम् । यत्रैवोत्पद्यते कृत्स्नं पुनस्तत्रैव लीयते

Transliteration

evametajjagaddevi utpattisthitilakṣaṇam | yatraivotpadyate kṛtsnaṃ punastatraiva līyate

Translation

Ainsi, ô Déesse, cet univers tout entier porte la marque de la naissance et du maintien : là même où il surgit en plénitude, en cette source il se résorbe de nouveau.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विधेय), एकवचन

• jagat: world, universe
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विधेय), एकवचन

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• utpatti-sthiti-lakṣaṇam: characterized by origination and continuance
• utpatti-sthiti-lakṣaṇam: Pratijna (Predicate-adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + sthiti (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (उत्पत्तिश्च स्थितिश्च तयोः लक्षणम्)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic)

• utpadyate: arises, is produced
• utpadyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is produced/arises)

• kṛtsnam: entire, whole
• kṛtsnam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• līyate: dissolves, merges
• līyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (dissolves/merges)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Devī’s subsequent reply in 26 and the address 'Mahēśvara' later)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic diagram-like vision: worlds emanate from a single luminous source and fold back into it, while Śiva explains to Devī the marks of creation, maintenance, and dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All manifested existence arises from a single source and inevitably returns to it—cultivating detachment and devotion to the Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa), though this verse states a universal cosmological principle rather than a local rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a doctrinal statement on cosmic cycles.