Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

जज्ञे पुनःपुनर्विष्णुः कर्त्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थितिम् । धर्मान्नारायणः साध्यः संभूतश्चाक्षुषेंतरे

Transliteration

jajñe punaḥpunarviṣṇuḥ karttuṃ dharmavyavasthitim | dharmānnārāyaṇaḥ sādhyaḥ saṃbhūtaścākṣuṣeṃtare

Translation

ಧರ್ಮವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲು ವಿಷ್ಣು ಪುನಃಪುನಃ ಅವತರಿಸಿದನು। ಧರ್ಮದಿಂದ ನಾರಾಯಣನು ‘ಸಾಧ್ಯ’ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾದುರ್ಭವಿಸಿ ಚಾಕ್ಷುಷ ಮನ್ವಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• जज्ञे: was born/manifested
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplicated adverb: repetition)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do/establish
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive): 'to do'; क्रियार्थक

• धर्मव्यवस्थितिम्: the establishment/order of dharma
• धर्मव्यवस्थितिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यवस्था/व्यवस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: धर्मस्य व्यवस्था = धर्म-व्यवस्थितिः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• धर्मात्: from dharma
• धर्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साध्यः: to be accomplished/attainable
• साध्यः: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नारायणः-विशेषण (predicate adjective: 'to be accomplished/achievable')

• संभूतः: having arisen/manifested
• संभूतः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नारायणः-सम्बन्धि

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• आक्षुषे: in (the) Ākṣuṣa (Manvantara)
• आक्षुषे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्षुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (मन्वन्तर-नामविशेषण), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अन्तरे-विशेषण

• अन्तरे: in the period/interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage of Viṣṇu’s repeated descents: central Nārāyaṇa emerging from a radiant Dharma-personification, surrounded by smaller vignettes of avatāras restoring order; a manvantara wheel labeled ‘Cākṣuṣa’ in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Dharma
• Nārāyaṇa
• Sādhya
• Cākṣuṣa Manvantara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Avatāra is presented as dharma’s safeguard across cosmic eras; righteousness is periodically reset when it declines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse is doctrinal/cosmological within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it explains the purpose and timing (manvantara) of divine manifestation.