Shloka 6 - Adhyaya 37 - Kaumarika Khanda - Mahesvara Khanda | Russian | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । अव्यक्तोऽस्मिन्निरालोके प्रधानपुरुषावुभौ । अजौ समागतावेकौ केवलं श्रृणुमो वयम्

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | avyakto'sminnirāloke pradhānapuruṣāvubhau | ajau samāgatāvekau kevalaṃ śrṛṇumo vayam

Translation

Нарада сказал: «В этом непроявленном, безсветном состоянии присутствовали оба — Прадхана (первоприрода) и Пуруша (сознающий Дух): нерождённые и слитые как одно. Выслушайте от нас это повествование таким, каково оно есть.»

Word by Word

नारदःNārada

उवाचsaid

अव्यक्तःthe unmanifest (one)

अस्मिन्in this

निरालोकेin the lightless (state/world)

प्रधानपुरुषौPradhāna and Puruṣa (as a pair)

उभौboth

अजौunborn (both)

समागतौhaving come together

एकौas one / together

केवलम्only, merely

शृणुमःwe hear

वयम्we

Speaker

Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast dark expanse (nirāloka) with no sun or stars; two subtle principles—Pradhāna as a veiled, oceanic matrix and Puruṣa as a still luminous witness—resting together in poised unity, while Nārada speaks as a sage-narrator.

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pradhāna

Puruṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation is framed as emerging from the conjunction of primordial nature (pradhāna) and conscious principle (puruṣa), pointing to an ordered cosmos rather than randomness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse is philosophical groundwork preceding later Mahātmya themes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.