Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततोऽहं मर्दयिष्यामि प्लावयिष्ये तथा जगत् । कृत्वा चैकार्णवं भूयः सुखं स्वप्स्ये त्वया सह

Transliteration

tato'haṃ mardayiṣyāmi plāvayiṣye tathā jagat | kṛtvā caikārṇavaṃ bhūyaḥ sukhaṃ svapsye tvayā saha

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ ഈ ജഗത്തിനെ മർദിച്ചു, അതുപോലെ പ്ലാവിതമാക്കും; പിന്നെ വീണ്ടും ഏകാർണവമാക്കി, നിന്നോടൊപ്പം സുഖമായി ശയിക്കും।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (ततः = ततः पश्चात्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मर्दयिष्यामि: I will crush
• मर्दयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृद्/मर्द् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• प्लावयिष्ये: I will inundate
• प्लावयिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्लु (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund)

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एकार्णवम्: a single ocean (one flood)
• एकार्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (एकः अर्णवः)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)

• सुखम्: comfortably
• सुखम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (accusative of manner)

• स्वप्स्ये: I will sleep
• स्वप्स्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (सह/करण), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

Speaker

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker vows to crush and inundate the cosmos, turning it into a single ocean; then the divine couple rests in serene, terrifying calm above endless waters.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Devī
• Ekārṇava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dissolution is followed by divine repose and renewal; cosmic cycles are held within Śiva-Śakti’s sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting (Narmadā sacred geography) without naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it conveys cosmological teaching rather than vrata or tīrtha-vidhi.