Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
न जातोऽभवद्भार्या पतिश्चेति वर्तते च भवो हि सः । न स जातो महादेवो भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः
Transliteration
na jāto'bhavadbhāryā patiśceti vartate ca bhavo hi saḥ | na sa jāto mahādevo bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ
Translation
「彼は世俗の意味では『生まれた』のではない。しかれども『夫』『妻』と語られる—彼こそバヴァ（シヴァ）なるがゆえ。かのマハーデーヴァは不生であり、過去・未来、そして一切の生成は彼より起こる。」
Word by Word
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
जातःborn
जातः:
Kriya (Predicate adjective/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: जन् (to be born)
अभवत्was/became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
भार्याwife
भार्या:
Karta (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
पतिःhusband
पतिः:
Karta (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/marker)
वर्ततेis/continues
वर्तते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvṛt (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: वृत्/वर्त् (to exist/continue)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
भवःBhava (Śiva)
भवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भव’ = शिव
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphasis)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
जातःborn
जातः:
Kriya (Predicate adjective/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
महादेवःMahādeva
महादेवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-deva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)
भूतभव्यभवोद्भवःsource of past, future, and becoming
भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūta-bhavya-bhava-udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (भूतं च भव्यं च भवश्च—तत्-उद्भवः) बहुपद-तत्पुरुषप्रायः; ‘उद्भव’ = उत्पत्तिकारण/उत्पादक
Speaker
Nārada
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A doctrinal proclamation: Bhava (Śiva) is called husband/wife in discourse, yet is truly unborn—source of past, future, and all becoming; the scene is more cosmic than narrative.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva (Bhava, Mahādeva)FAQs
Śiva is beyond birth and time, yet compassionately enters relational language so devotees can approach the transcendent through dharmic forms.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is metaphysical praise of Mahādeva.
None.