Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अभूद्यस्य परिच्छेदे नालमावां बभूविव । चराचरं जगत्सर्वं यतो लीनं सदात्र च

Transliteration

abhūdyasya paricchede nālamāvāṃ babhūviva | carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ yato līnaṃ sadātra ca

Translation

അവന്റെ പരിധി കണ്ടെത്താൻ ഞങ്ങൾ ശ്രമിച്ചപ്പോൾ, ഞങ്ങൾ പൂർണ്ണമായും അശക്തരായി. അവനിൽ നിന്നുമാണ്, അവനിലേക്കാണ് ഈ സകല ചരാചര ലോകവും നിത്യവും ലീനമാകുന്നത്.

Word by Word

• अभूत्: was; came to be
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परिच्छेदे: in the delimitation; in determining the limit
• परिच्छेदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अलम्: sufficient; capable
• अलम्: Modifier (Predicate particle/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of sufficiency)

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-द्विवचन-रूपम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन

• बभूव: became; was
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• इव: as if
• इव: Modifier (Simile marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• चराचरम्: moving and unmoving
• चराचरम्: Karma (Object/apposition to जगत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (चरं च अचरं च)

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

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Modifier (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जगत्-विशेषणम्

• यतः: from which; because of which
• यतः: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: from which/wherefrom)

• लीनम्: merged; dissolved
• लीनम्: Modifier (Predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ली (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जगत्-विशेषणम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Modifier (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अत्र: here; in this (liṅga)
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (continuation of the Brahmā–Viṣṇu limit-seeking episode; 'āvām' = we two)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas/Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā and Viṣṇu attempt to measure the limitless liṅga/pillar; the universe—stars, beings, mountains—appears as if dissolving into the same luminous axis.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (as infinite Liṅga)
• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Universe (cara-acara jagat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is limitless; creation and dissolution occur within the Divine, beyond egoic measurement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is cited; the verse supports the universal doctrine of the infinite Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it reinforces why Liṅga-worship is spiritually central.