Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

कोटिकोट्ययुतान्यत्र ब्रह्माण्डानि मम प्रिये । जलबुद्बुदवद्देवि संजातानि तु लीलया

Transliteration

koṭikoṭyayutānyatra brahmāṇḍāni mama priye | jalabudbudavaddevi saṃjātāni tu līlayā

Translation

Ó Deusa amada, aqui surgem universos incontáveis, crores sobre crores — ó Devī — como bolhas sobre a água, trazidos à existência sem esforço, apenas como līlā, o divino brincar.

Word by Word

• कोटि-कोटि-अयुतानि: crores upon crores and ten-thousands (innumerable)
• कोटि-कोटि-अयुतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-समाहार (qualifying ‘ब्रह्माण्डानि’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: here)

• ब्रह्माण्डानि: cosmic eggs, universes
• ब्रह्माण्डानि: Kartr (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + अण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• जलबुद्बुदवत्: like water-bubbles
• जलबुद्बुदवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Simile/उपमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जलबुद्बुदवत् (प्रातिपदिक; जल + बुद्बुद + वत्)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग (indeclinable-like in -वत्), उपमानवाचक; विशेषण (ब्रह्माण्डानि)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• संजातानि: have arisen/been produced
• संजातानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्माण्डानि’ इति कर्तृसमानाधिकरण (predicate participle)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• लीलया: by (mere) play
• लीलया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: by/through)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara) speaking to Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark-blue cosmic ocean with innumerable shimmering bubble-universes rising; Devī listens as Śiva indicates the effortless emergence of worlds, his gesture calm and playful.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Brahmāṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation is not a strain for the Divine; innumerable worlds arise effortlessly as Śiva’s līlā, inspiring humility and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a setting for proclaiming Maheśvara’s cosmic greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a cosmological praise statement supporting the Māhātmya’s devotional tone.