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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । जगदादिरनादिस्त्वं जगदन्तोऽप्यनन्तकः । जगन्मूर्तिरमूर्तिस्त्वं जय गीर्वाणपूजित

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | jagadādiranādistvaṃ jagadanto'pyanantakaḥ | jaganmūrtiramūrtistvaṃ jaya gīrvāṇapūjita

Translation

Para dewa berkata: “Engkaulah permulaan jagat, namun tanpa permulaan; Engkaulah penghabisan jagat, namun tiada bertepi. Engkaulah rupa jagat, namun juga tanpa rupa. Jaya bagi-Mu, wahai yang dipuja para dewa!”

Word by Word
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘the gods’
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘said’
जगदादिःthe origin of the world
जगदादिः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् + आदि (प्रातिपदिके; components)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘the beginning of the world’ (predicate)
अनादिःbeginningless
अनादिः:
Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनादि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘beginningless’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘you’
जगदन्तःthe end of the world
जगदन्तः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् + अन्त (प्रातिपदिके; components)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘the end of the world’ (predicate)
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार) — ‘also/even’
अनन्तकःthe infinite one
अनन्तकः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘the endless one’
जगन्मूर्तिःembodiment of the world
जगन्मूर्तिः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समाना)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिके; components)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘whose form is the world / world-embodied’
अमूर्तिःformless
अमूर्तिः:
Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘formless’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘you’ (repeated)
जयbe victorious
जय:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जि (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘be victorious’
गीर्वाणपूजितO worshipped by the gods
गीर्वाणपूजित:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootगीर्वाण + पूजित (प्रातिपदिके; components)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — ‘O (one) worshipped by the gods’
Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīroda-sāgara (Milk Ocean)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas chant a lofty stuti before Viṣṇu: cosmic beginning and end, endless, both embodied and formless; the scene radiates metaphysical stillness.

Characters & Entities
D
Devas
V
Viṣṇu (addressed)

FAQs

The Supreme is both immanent and transcendent—manifest as the cosmos yet beyond all forms.

The setting is Kṣīroda (Milk Ocean), where divine praise is offered to the cosmic Lord.

Stuti (hymnic praise) is the devotional act presented.

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