Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

भसो वायुरुत्पन्नो वायोरग्निरजायत । अग्नेरापः समुत्पन्ना अद्भ्यो जाता मही तदा

Transliteration

bhaso vāyurutpanno vāyoragnirajāyata | agnerāpaḥ samutpannā adbhyo jātā mahī tadā

Translation

ആ അടിസ്ഥാനാവസ്ഥയിൽ നിന്ന് വായു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; വായുവിൽ നിന്ന് അഗ്നി ജനിച്ചു. അഗ്നിയിൽ നിന്ന് ജലങ്ങൾ പുറപ്പെട്ടു; ജലങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് അപ്പോൾ ഭൂമി പ്രാദുർഭവിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• bhasaḥ: from/of ash
• bhasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• vāyuḥ: wind
• vāyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• utpannaḥ: arose
• utpannaḥ: Kriya (Result-state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + pad (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• vāyoḥ: from wind
• vāyoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/Source/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• agniḥ: fire
• agniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• ajāyata: was born; arose
• ajāyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• agner: from fire
• agner: Sambandha (Genitive/Source/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• āpaḥ: waters
• āpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ap (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (बहुवचनान्त), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• samutpannāḥ: arose
• samutpannāḥ: Kriya (Result-state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + ut + pad (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय

• adbhyaḥ: from the waters
• adbhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ap (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (बहुवचनान्त), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), बहुवचन

• jātā: was born
• jātā: Kriya (Result-state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• mahī: earth
• mahī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flowing elemental panorama: wind currents spiral into a flame; flame condenses into waters; waters settle into fertile earth—shown as a continuous transformation while Śiva narrates to Pārvatī.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Agni
• Āpaḥ
• Mahī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The seen world is a structured emergence of elements; knowing the chain of manifestation supports discernment (viveka) and detachment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to Kedāra-khaṇḍa (Kedārakṣetra), but the verse itself is cosmological rather than a direct tīrtha-phala statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it outlines elemental origination.