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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

क्षणेन वृद्धिमायांति ततो रेतः प्रवर्तते । रेतसस्तु जगत्सृष्टं तदीशजननेंद्रियम्

Transliteration

kṣaṇena vṛddhimāyāṃti tato retaḥ pravartate | retasastu jagatsṛṣṭaṃ tadīśajananeṃdriyam

Translation

ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നു; തുടർന്ന് രേതഃ (വീര്യം) പ്രവഹിക്കുന്നു. ആ രേതസ്സിൽ നിന്നാണ് ലോകസൃഷ്ടി—അതേ കർത്താവിന്റെ ജനനേന്ദ്രിയം.

Word by Word
क्षणेनin a moment
क्षणेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (instrumental: in/within a moment)
वृद्धिम्growth
वृद्धिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्
आयान्तिthey attain
आयान्ति:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमानकालः), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; उपसर्गः आ- (they come/attain)
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) ‘thereupon/from that’
रेतःsemen; generative fluid
रेतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्
प्रवर्ततेbegins to flow; proceeds
प्रवर्तते:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमानकालः), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; उपसर्गः प्र-; आत्मनेपदम्
रेतसःfrom semen
रेतसः:
Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी/षष्ठी एकवचनम्; अत्र पञ्चमी (ablative) ‘from semen’
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)
जगत्the world
जगत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्
सृष्टम्created
सृष्टम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicate (Predicative/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Root√सृज् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘created’
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्
ईशजननेन्द्रियम्the Lord’s generative organ
ईशजननेन्द्रियम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश (प्रातिपदिक) + जनन (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘ईशस्य जनन-इन्द्रियम्’ (the Lord’s generative organ)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic cosmogony: a luminous seed/essence emanates and expands into the manifested world; the divine generative organ is suggested iconographically rather than explicitly, using lotus-seed, bindu, or liṅga imagery with cosmic radiance.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśa (Lord)
C
Creation (sṛṣṭi)

FAQs

Creation is framed as sacred and Lord-governed: generative power is not merely biological but a divine instrument of cosmic manifestation.

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

None is stated.

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