Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

समलोकान्विभिद्येमान्भगवान्नीललोहितः । भूराद्यब्रह्मलोकान्तं भित्त्वाण्डं परतः परम्

Transliteration

samalokānvibhidyemānbhagavānnīlalohitaḥ | bhūrādyabrahmalokāntaṃ bhittvāṇḍaṃ parataḥ param

Translation

ଭଗବାନ ନୀଲଲୋହିତ ଏହି ସମସ୍ତ ଲୋକକୁ ଭେଦିଲେ; ଭୂଃ ଠାରୁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଲୋକ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅଣ୍ଡବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ଡକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗି, ପରାତ୍ପର—ପରରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ପର—ତତ୍ତ୍ୱକୁ ଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• sa-lokān: the worlds (together)
• sa-lokān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (सह/सम्-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष (together with the worlds / all the worlds)

• vibhidya: having pierced, having split
• vibhidya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhid (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having split/pierced)

• imān: these
• imān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (referring to lokān)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nīla-lohitaḥ: blue-and-red (Nīlalohita)
• nīla-lohitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīla (प्रातिपदिक) + lohita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतरभावः) विशेषणम् (bhagavān-विशेषण)

• bhūḥ-ādi-abrahmaloka-antam: up to the Brahmaloka beginning from Bhūḥ
• bhūḥ-ādi-abrahmaloka-antam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + a-brahmaloka (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सीमा/पर्यन्तवाचक: ‘up to’)

• bhittvā: having pierced
• bhittvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhid (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having pierced)

• aṇḍam: the cosmic egg (universe-shell)
• aṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• parataḥ: beyond, further
• parataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/परत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: beyond/from beyond)

• param: the supreme (beyond)
• param: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अत्यन्तपरम्)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nīlalohita—blue-red radiant Rudra—shoots upward like a spear of light, splitting concentric world-spheres; the brahmāṇḍa appears as a luminous shell cracking open as he passes beyond into a boundless void-light.

Characters & Entities

• Nīlalohita
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva (Nīlalohita) is portrayed as transcending even the highest cosmic realms, indicating liberation lies beyond worldly and heavenly attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), though this specific line emphasizes cosmic transcendence rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse; it is primarily a cosmological and theological description.