Shloka 3 - Adhyaya 34 - Arbudha Khanda - Prabhasa Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे घोरे नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे । चंद्रार्कपवने नष्टे ज्योतिषि प्रलयं गते

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame | caṃdrārkapavane naṣṭe jyotiṣi pralayaṃ gate

Translation

プラスタヤは言った。「あの恐るべき唯一の大海――滅尽（プララヤ）の海――が満ち、動くものも動かぬものもことごとく滅び、月も太陽も風も失われ、さらには諸々の光明（星辰）さえ滅尽へと帰したとき――」

Word by Word

pulastyaḥPulastya

uvācasaid

tasminin that

ekārṇavein the single ocean (of dissolution)

ghoreterrible

naṣṭewhen (it was) destroyed

sthāvara-jaṅgame(with) the immobile and mobile (creation)

candra-arka-pavane(with) moon, sun, and wind

naṣṭewhen (they were) destroyed

jyotiṣiin the luminaries/light

pralayamdissolution

gatewhen it had gone/entered

Speaker

Pulastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boundless dark ocean of dissolution; no land, no beings, no sun or moon—only a vast, silent expanse suggesting time itself has paused.

Characters & Entities

Pulastya

Pralaya (cosmic dissolution)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography is often grounded in cosmic time—tīrtha origins are linked to vast cycles of creation and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets up the origin narrative context for Kṛṣṇatīrtha (named in the preceding verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse begins the cosmogonic narrative (pralaya-setting) rather than prescribing a rite.