Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एककालं च सृज्यंते संह्रियंते च पूर्ववत् । एतन्मे संशयं देव यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

ekakālaṃ ca sṛjyaṃte saṃhriyaṃte ca pūrvavat | etanme saṃśayaṃ deva yathāvadvaktumarhasi

Translation

“ਉਹ ਇਕ ਹੀ ਕਾਲ ਲਈ ਰਚੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਮੁੜ ਸੰਹਰ ਲਏ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ। ਹੇ ਦੇਵ! ਮੇਰਾ ਇਹ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਯਥਾਵਤ ਅਤੇ ਕ੍ਰਮ ਨਾਲ ਕਹਿਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੋ।”

Word by Word

• एककालम्: for one period (at one time-span)
• एककालम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाणे (duration)

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

• सृज्यन्ते: are created
• सृज्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• संह्रियन्ते: are withdrawn/dissolved
• संह्रियन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

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

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: as before)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देव: O Lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly, as it is)

• वक्तुम्: to tell
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive/तुमन्त), ‘to speak’

• अर्हसि: you are able/you ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha / Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, with respectful urgency, asks Śiva to explain her doubt in proper sequence; a teacher-student moment emphasizing clarity and compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right understanding (yathāvat-jñāna) is sought through humble inquiry, even about vast cosmic processes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The inquiry is situated in the Somanātha/Prabhāsa Kṣetra discourse, preparing the revelation of its sacred name’s constancy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; it is a request for doctrinal explanation.