Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सर्वं संहरते रुद्रो जगत्कालप्रमाणतः । तेनादौ भगवान्सृष्टो दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

sarvaṃ saṃharate rudro jagatkālapramāṇataḥ | tenādau bhagavānsṛṣṭo dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ

Translation

Rudra résorbe toute chose selon la mesure du temps du monde. Ainsi, au commencement fut créé le vénérable Prajāpati nommé Dakṣa.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (n. acc. sg.)

• संहरते: withdraws, destroys
• संहरते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (m. nom. sg.)

• जगत्कालप्रमाणतः: according to the measure of world-time
• जगत्कालप्रमाणतः: Hetu/Pramāṇa (Ground/प्रमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जगत् + काल + प्रमाण + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); समासः—तत्पुरुष (जगत्-काल-प्रमाण = measure/standard of world-time)

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (instr. sg.)

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् (locative adverb)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (m. nom. sg.)

• सृष्टः: was created
• सृष्टः: Kriya (Passive predicate/कर्मणि-विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (m. nom. sg.)

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (m. nom. sg.)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/संज्ञा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name)

• प्रजापतिः: lord of creatures, Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रजायाः पतिः)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast cosmic tableau: Rudra as Time draws the universe back into himself; from the luminous beginning emerges Dakṣa Prajāpati, seated in austerity, holding a kamaṇḍalu and rosary, with the brahmāṇḍa as a golden oval behind.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Dakṣa
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even dissolution follows lawful cosmic timing; creation of progenitors like Dakṣa proceeds as part of ordered re-manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it serves the narrative foundation within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.