Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एककालं च सृज्यंते संह्रियंते च पूर्ववत् । एतन्मे संशयं देव यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

ekakālaṃ ca sṛjyaṃte saṃhriyaṃte ca pūrvavat | etanme saṃśayaṃ deva yathāvadvaktumarhasi

Translation

അവർ ഒരു കാലത്തേക്ക് മാത്രം സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെടുകയും, മുൻപുപോലെ വീണ്ടും ലയിക്കപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. ഹേ ദേവാ, എന്റെ ഈ സംശയം യഥാവിധിയും ക്രമത്തോടെയും വിശദീകരിക്കണമേ।

Word by Word

• एककालम्: for one period (at one time-span)
• एककालम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाणे (duration)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सृज्यन्ते: are created
• सृज्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• संह्रियन्ते: are withdrawn/dissolved
• संह्रियन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: as before)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देव: O Lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly, as it is)

• वक्तुम्: to tell
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive/तुमन्त), ‘to speak’

• अर्हसि: you are able/you ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha / Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, with respectful urgency, asks Śiva to explain her doubt in proper sequence; a teacher-student moment emphasizing clarity and compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right understanding (yathāvat-jñāna) is sought through humble inquiry, even about vast cosmic processes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The inquiry is situated in the Somanātha/Prabhāsa Kṣetra discourse, preparing the revelation of its sacred name’s constancy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; it is a request for doctrinal explanation.