Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एकमेव पुरा ह्यासीद्ब्रह्माण्डं शतकोटिधा

Transliteration

ekameva purā hyāsīdbrahmāṇḍaṃ śatakoṭidhā

Translation

Pada zaman dahulu, sesungguhnya Brahmāṇḍa (telur kosmik/Purāṇa) hanyalah satu; namun dari segi keluasan, ia mencapai seratus koṭi.

Word by Word

• एकम्: one, single
• एकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पुरा: formerly, in ancient times
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; explanatory/emphatic)

• आसीत्: was, existed
• आसीत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्माण्डम्: the cosmic egg, universe
• ब्रह्माण्डम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• शतकोटिधा: into a hundred crores (of parts), manifoldly
• शतकोटिधा: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śata + koṭi + dhā (अव्यय-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner); समासः—अव्ययीभाव (śata-koṭi-dhā = ‘in hundred-crore ways/parts’)

Speaker

Sūta (implied continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa) floating in dark-blue primordial waters, luminous and immense; within it, faintly visible worlds and a central lotus—suggesting a single vast text/universe before division.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmāṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tradition is both unified and vast—one truth expressed through expansive narration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a textual-cosmological statement within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.