Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
यासां प्रसूतिप्रभवा लोका आपूरितास्त्रयः । भानुर्लम्बा ककुद्भूमिर्विश्वा साध्या मरुत्वती
Transliteration
yāsāṃ prasūtiprabhavā lokā āpūritāstrayaḥ | bhānurlambā kakudbhūmirviśvā sādhyā marutvatī
Translation
അവരുടെ സന്താനോത്ഭവം മൂലം മൂന്നു ലോകങ്ങളും നിറഞ്ഞു—അവർ ഭാനു, ലംബാ, കകുദ്ഭൂമി, വിശ്വാ, സാധ്യാ, മരുത്വതീ.
Word by Word
यासाम्of whom
यासाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
प्रसूतिप्रभवाःborn from (their) childbirth
प्रसूतिप्रभवाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसूतिप्रभव (प्रातिपदिक; प्रसूति + प्रभव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
लोकाःworlds
लोकाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
आपूरिताःfilled
आपूरिताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + पूर् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
त्रयःthree
त्रयः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
भानुःBhānu (name)
भानुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
लम्बाLambā (name)
लम्बा:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ककुद्भूमिःKakudbhūmi (name)
ककुद्भूमिः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootककुद्भूमि (प्रातिपदिक; ककुद् + भूमि)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
विश्वाViśvā (name)
विश्वा:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
साध्याSādhyā (name)
साध्या:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
मरुत्वतीMarutvatī (name)
मरुत्वती:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Nārada
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A symbolic tableau of six मातृ-शक्तis (Bhānu, Lambā, Kakudbhūmi, Viśvā, Sādhyā, Marutvatī) standing as luminous personifications, with the three worlds (earth, mid-region, heaven) shown as layered spheres/terraces being ‘filled’ with beings.
Characters & Entities
B
BhānuL
LambāK
KakudbhūmiV
ViśvāS
SādhyāM
MarutvatīT
three worldsFAQs
It presents creation as structured and meaningful, emerging through divinely ordered lineages that sustain the worlds.
None; the verse is a list within genealogical narration.
None.