Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

वासुदेवो जगद्योनिर्जगतां कारणं परम् । विष्णोः प्रसादात्तज्जातं सुराणां कार्यसिद्धिदम्

Transliteration

vāsudevo jagadyonirjagatāṃ kāraṇaṃ param | viṣṇoḥ prasādāttajjātaṃ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhidam

Translation

ヴァースデーヴァは世界の胎であり、万有生成の至上の因である。ヴィシュヌの恩寵によりこれが成就し、神々の務めは果たされた。

Word by Word

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगद्योनिः: source/womb of the world
• जगद्योनिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-योनि (प्रातिपदिक); जगत् + योनि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपद (appositional to वासुदेवः)

• जगताम्: of the worlds/beings
• जगताम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कारणम्: cause
• कारणम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominal/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying कारणम्)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from grace/favor
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जातम्)

• जातम्: born, arisen
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicative)

• सुराणाम्: of the gods
• सुराणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• कार्यसिद्धिदम्: granting accomplishment of tasks
• कार्यसिद्धिदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य-सिद्धि-द (प्रातिपदिक); कार्य + सिद्धि + द
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जातम्/तत्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A theological tableau: Vāsudeva as cosmic source—universe emerging from him; devas receiving fulfillment through Viṣṇu’s grace, shown as a radiating blessing gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Viṣṇu
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine work succeeds through divine grace; the supreme cause supports dharmic outcomes beyond mere effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a direct tirtha reference; it supplies theological framing within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is doctrinal, emphasizing prasāda (grace) and cosmic causality.