Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
बुद्बुदाकारतां जग्मुरंडं जातं ततः शुभम् । शकतोटिप्रमाणं च ब्रह्मांडमिदमुच्यते
Transliteration
budbudākāratāṃ jagmuraṃḍaṃ jātaṃ tataḥ śubham | śakatoṭipramāṇaṃ ca brahmāṃḍamidamucyate
Translation
बुद्बुदाकारतां जग्मुः; ततः शुभमण्डं समभवत्। शकटोटिप्रमाणं च ब्रह्माण्डमिदमुच्यते॥
Word by Word
budbuda-ākāratāmbubble-like form/shape
budbuda-ākāratām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbudbuda (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāratā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (budbudasya ākāratā)
jagmuḥthey went / became
jagmuḥ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
aṇḍamthe egg (cosmic egg)
aṇḍam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
jātamborn, arisen
jātam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; aṇḍam इति विशेषण
tataḥfrom that; thereafter
tataḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपादान/हेतुवाचक (from that/thereafter)
śubhamauspicious
śubham:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; aṇḍam इति विशेषण
śakatoṭi-pramāṇamof the measure of a cart/vehicle (as a unit)
śakatoṭi-pramāṇam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootśakaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + oṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (माप-निर्देश)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
brahmāṇḍamthe Brahmā-egg; cosmic egg
brahmāṇḍam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ aṇḍam)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
ucyateis called
ucyate:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
Speaker
Nārada
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A shimmering bubble coalesces into a radiant golden cosmic egg floating on primordial waters; faint concentric layers suggest the brahmāṇḍa’s vast measure.
Characters & Entities
B
BrahmāṇḍaA
AṇḍaFAQs
The universe, though immense, is depicted as a formed container—encouraging humility and awe before the divine order behind creation.
None.
None.