Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

असंख्येयाश्चन्द्रमसः संभवंति पुनःपुनः । विनश्यंति च देवेशि सर्वमन्वन्तरान्तरम्

Transliteration

asaṃkhyeyāścandramasaḥ saṃbhavaṃti punaḥpunaḥ | vinaśyaṃti ca deveśi sarvamanvantarāntaram

Translation

Ô Deveśī, d’innombrables lunes naissent encore et encore, et elles périssent aussi : ainsi va toute chose, d’un manvantara à l’autre.

Word by Word

• असंख्येयाः: countless
• असंख्येयाः: Kartr (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंख्येय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (implied plural subject)

• चन्द्रमसः: of the moon
• चन्द्रमसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• संभवन्ति: arise/come into being
• संभवन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्त्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: again)

• पुनः: again and again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (punaḥ punaḥ = repeatedly)

• विनश्यन्ति: perish
• विनश्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवेशि: O goddess (lady of gods)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Kartr (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण (as ‘everything’)

• अन्तरम्: during/throughout
• अन्तरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Extent/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (accusative of extent)

• मन्वन्तर: (of) a manvantara
• मन्वन्तर: Sambandha (Genitive relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; मनु + अन्तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद; समासाङ्ग (in compound with ‘अन्तरम्’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Deveśī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic montage: innumerable moons appearing and vanishing between manvantaras, like beads on the thread of time; Śiva and Devī remain serene, representing the timeless witness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī (Deveśī)
• Candra (Moon)
• Manvantara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Impermanence applies even to cosmic structures; cycles of creation and dissolution underscore detachment and dharmic steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a cosmological statement about recurring creation and destruction.