Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

त्वया वै धार्यते लोकास्त्वं कालः सर्वसंक्षयः । त्वया हि देव सृष्टास्ताः सर्वा वै देवयोनयः

Transliteration

tvayā vai dhāryate lokāstvaṃ kālaḥ sarvasaṃkṣayaḥ | tvayā hi deva sṛṣṭāstāḥ sarvā vai devayonayaḥ

Translation

Por Ti, de fato, os mundos são sustentados; Tu és o Tempo, o dissolvedor de tudo. Por Ti, ó Senhor, foram criadas todas as ordens divinas e as linhagens celestes.

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, तृतीया (3rd case; instrumental)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Modifier (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• धार्यते: is sustained/borne
• धार्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• लोकाः: worlds/beings
• लोकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• कालः: Time
• कालः: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• सर्वसंक्षयः: total dissolution
• सर्वसंक्षयः: Predicate Nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + संक्षय (प्रातिपदिके; √क्षि (धातु) + उपसर्ग सम्)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सर्वः संक्षयः), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, तृतीया (3rd case; instrumental)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये निपात (particle: for/indeed)

• देव: O god
• देव: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सम्बोधन (vocative)

• सृष्टाः: created
• सृष्टाः: Predicate (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्ट (√सृज् (धातु) + क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृत्, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case; predicate)

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case; विशेषण)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Modifier (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• देवयोनयः: divine origins/classes of beings
• देवयोनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + योनि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (देवानां योनयः / देवसम्बद्धाः योनयः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

Speaker

A devotee/praiser in the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative (speaker not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord in cosmic form holds the worlds like spheres within His aura; a dark yet luminous Kāla aspect stands behind as a shadow of dissolution; streams of devas emerge like rays from the deity’s heart-lotus.

Characters & Entities

• Kāla (Time)
• Lokāḥ
• Devayonayaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme Lord is both the sustaining power of the cosmos and the ultimate principle of time and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in Revā-khaṇḍa but does not name a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a cosmological assertion meant to intensify devotion and reverence.