Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

वैकुण्ठं च सुनीलं च सर्वलोकैः समावृतम् । जलकल्मषसंवीताः सर्वे लोकास्तदाभवन्

Transliteration

vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca sunīlaṃ ca sarvalokaiḥ samāvṛtam | jalakalmaṣasaṃvītāḥ sarve lokāstadābhavan

Translation

वैकुंठही गडद निळ्या वर्णाचे झाले व सर्व लोकांनी वेढले गेले। तेव्हा सर्व लोक अद्भुत जल-कल्मषाने, जणू मळकट उसळत्या पाण्याने, आच्छादित झाले।

Word by Word

• वैकुण्ठम्: Vaikuṇṭha (the realm of Viṣṇu)
• वैकुण्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• सुनीलम्: Sunīla (name/place ‘very blue/dark’)
• सुनीलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-नील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु + नील)

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

• सर्वलोकैः: by all the worlds/people
• सर्वलोकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्व + लोक)

• समावृतम्: covered/surrounded
• समावृतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (सन्दर्भानुसार कर्म-विशेषण)

• जलकल्मषसंवीताः: covered with the impurity of water
• जलकल्मषसंवीताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल-कल्मष-सम्-√वी (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जलकल्मषेन संवीताः = covered with water-impurity)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अभवन्: became/were
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assemblage of sages (ṛṣis)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic panorama: Vaikuṇṭha turns deep blue; concentric worlds crowd and press in; a strange, turbulent ‘watery taint’ spreads like ink in an ocean, veiling realms and deities.

Characters & Entities

• Vaikuṇṭha
• Lokas
• Jala-kalmaṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic realms are subject to veiling and dissolution; purity and permanence are sought through the Supreme beyond the changing lokas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting; this verse focuses on cosmic conditions rather than a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated.