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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्याः प्रोच्चारणार्थं च प्रवृत्तः स्वांशतस्ततः । असूयत महत्तत्त्वं त्रिगुणं तद्विदुर्बुधाः

Transliteration

tasyāḥ proccāraṇārthaṃ ca pravṛttaḥ svāṃśatastataḥ | asūyata mahattattvaṃ triguṇaṃ tadvidurbudhāḥ

Translation

ついで彼は自らの分より起動し、彼女が明確に表現され顕れるために働き始めた。そこから三グナを具えた「マハット」の原理が生じたと、賢者たちは説く。

Word by Word
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — सर्वनाम
प्रोच्चारणार्थम्for the purpose of utterance/manifestation
प्रोच्चारणार्थम्:
Karma (Purpose-object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) + उच्चारण (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘उच्चारणस्य अर्थः/प्रयोजनम्’ (for the purpose of utterance/manifestation); तत्पुरुष
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)
प्रवृत्तःset forth/engaged
प्रवृत्तः:
Karta (Agent-state/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) + √वृत् (धातु) वर्तने
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘set in motion/engaged’
स्वांशतःfrom (his) own portion
स्वांशतः:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — ‘स्वस्य अंशः’ (from his own portion); ablative
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)
असूयतwas produced
असूयत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (धातु) प्रसवे (to beget/produce)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘was produced/was born’
महत्तत्त्वम्the great principle (Mahat-tattva)
महत्तत्त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्मधारयः (‘महत् तत्त्वम्’); here as subject of ‘असूयत’
त्रिगुणम्three-guṇed
त्रिगुणम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण; ‘having three guṇas’
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — सर्वनाम; ‘that’ (referring to mahattattva)
विदुःknow
विदुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (धातु) ज्ञाने
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘they know’
बुधाःthe wise
बुधाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sphere labeled ‘Mahat’ emerges from the divine essence, illuminating Prakṛti’s previously indistinct forms into clear outlines—like dawn revealing a landscape.

FAQs

Creation begins as a purposeful manifestation from the Divine, with Mahat (cosmic intelligence) arising as the first tri-guṇic principle.

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the focus is philosophical cosmology within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

None; the verse explains metaphysical origination rather than prescribing vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.

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