Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

लोकलोके महादेव अशक्यं नास्ति ते प्रभो । क्रियतां मम चैवैकमेतत्कार्यं सुरोत्तम

Transliteration

lokaloke mahādeva aśakyaṃ nāsti te prabho | kriyatāṃ mama caivaikametatkāryaṃ surottama

Translation

हे महादेव, या लोकात आणि परलोकात तुझ्यासाठी अशक्य असे काही नाही, प्रभो। हे सुरोत्तम, माझे हे एक कार्य करून दे।

Word by Word

• loka-loke: in this world and the other world
• loka-loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (लोके च अलोके च/लोक-परलोकयोः)

• mahādeva: O Mahādeva
• mahādeva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• aśakyam: the impossible
• aśakyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-śakya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; a- + √śak (शक्) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भाववाचक (the impossible)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: for you/of you
• te: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• prabho: O lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive): 'let it be done'

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (1st person pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• kāryam: task/deed
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (कृ) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• surottama: O best of the gods
• surottama: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् उत्तमः)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī/Umā, as ‘Devī’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī addresses Mahādeva with unwavering confidence: ‘nothing is impossible for you’; Śiva radiates still power, the cosmos subtly suggested around them.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights Śiva’s omnipotence and sets a narrative frame where divine power is invoked to enact a moral demonstration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the lead-in to the Dāruvana episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request to perform a particular divine ‘kārya’ (task).