Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

ब्रह्माण्डं वारुणं चाथ कालिकाद्वयमेव च । माहेश्वरं तथा साम्बं सौरं सर्वार्थसंचयम्

Transliteration

brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇaṃ cātha kālikādvayameva ca | māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbaṃ sauraṃ sarvārthasaṃcayam

Translation

‘ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡം’, ‘വാരുണം’ കൂടാതെ ‘കാലിക’ എന്ന രണ്ടു; അതുപോലെ ‘മാഹേശ്വരം’, ‘സാംബം’, ‘സൗരം’, ‘സർവാർത്ഥ-സഞ്ചയം’—ഇങ്ങനെ നാമങ്ങൾ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• brahmāṇḍam: (the) Brahmāṇḍa
• brahmāṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

• vāruṇam: (the) Vāruṇa
• vāruṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• atha: then/also
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक अव्यय (then/now)

• kālikā-dvayam: the pair of Kālikā (two Kālikā texts)
• kālikā-dvayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālikā (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (‘काळिकायाः द्वयम्’ = two Kālikā (texts))

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• māheśvaram: (the) Māheśvara
• māheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (likewise)

• sāmbam: (the) Sāmba
• sāmbam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

• sauram: (the) Saura
• sauram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नाम (title-name)

• sarvārtha-saṃcayam: the collection of all matters (Sarvārthasaṃcaya)
• sarvārtha-saṃcayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुष (‘सर्वेषाम् अर्थानाम् संचयः’ = collection of all meanings/things)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate transition to ‘Sūta uvāca’ in the next adhyāya and Purāṇic framing)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic library vision: shelves or floating manuscripts labeled with Upapurāṇa names; behind them symbolic presences—Śiva’s trident (Māheśvara), Sūrya’s disc (Saura), Devī’s śakti emblem (Kālikā), Varuṇa’s noose (Vāruṇa).

Characters & Entities

• Brahmāṇḍa (Upapurāṇa)
• Vāruṇa (Upapurāṇa)
• Kālikā (Upapurāṇa)
• Māheśvara (Upapurāṇa)
• Sāmba (Upapurāṇa)
• Saura (Upapurāṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for Purāṇic literature: the tradition preserves Dharma by cataloguing authoritative texts and lineages of sacred narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework that will proceed to extol Revā/Narmadā-associated sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is a textual enumeration (nāma-saṅgraha) of Upapurāṇas.