Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 167
Devanagari script
लोकावसाद मेकत्र लोकोद्धरणमेकतः । चराचराणि भूतानि भयविस्मयवंति च
Transliteration
lokāvasāda mekatra lokoddharaṇamekataḥ | carācarāṇi bhūtāni bhayavismayavaṃti ca
Translation
一方には諸世界の滅びがあり、他方には諸世界を引き上げ救い出す力があった。動くものも動かぬものも、あらゆる存在は恐れと驚嘆に満たされた。
Word by Word
लोकावसादःdecline of the world
लोकावसादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य अवसादः)
एकत्रin one place / on one side
एकत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)
लोकोद्धरणम्uplift/saving of the world
लोकोद्धरणम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्धरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य उद्धरणम्)
एकतःon the other side / on one side
एकतः:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; दिशावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: on one side)
चराचराणिmoving and unmoving
चराचराणि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचर (धातु √चर्) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (चराणि च अचराणि च)
भूतानिbeings
भूतानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
भयविस्मयवन्तिhaving fear and astonishment
भयविस्मयवन्ति:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक) + विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; उपपद-समास/समाहार-द्वन्द्व-आधारितः (भयश्च विस्मयश्च तौ यस्य) + वत्-प्रत्ययान्त
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pārtha (as addressed in the surrounding narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A split cosmic tableau: one side shows worlds collapsing into darkness and smoke; the other shows a radiant surge of protection, as beings—animals, trees, mountains, gods—tremble in fear yet gaze in astonishment at the saving power.
FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as world-sustaining: its victory is the ‘uplift of the worlds,’ while adharma leads to collapse.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.