Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

प्रलयाग्निसहस्रस्य समा दीप्तिस्तवाच्युत । प्रमाणेन दिशो भूमिर्गगनं च समावृतम्

Transliteration

pralayāgnisahasrasya samā dīptistavācyuta | pramāṇena diśo bhūmirgaganaṃ ca samāvṛtam

Translation

அச்யுதனே, உமது ஒளி பிரளயகாலத்தின் ஆயிரம் அக்கினிகளின் தீப்தியைப் போன்றது. அதன் அளவற்ற பரவலால் திசைகள், பூமி, ஆகாயமும் மூடப்பட்டன.

Word by Word

• pralayāgnisahasrasya: of a thousand fires of cosmic dissolution
• pralayāgnisahasrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralaya+agni+sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्; genitive singular; “of a thousand fires of dissolution”

• samā: equal
• samā: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; nominative singular; agrees with “dīptiḥ”

• dīptiḥ: splendour, radiance
• dīptiḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; nominative singular

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्; genitive singular

• acyuta: O Acyuta
• acyuta: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्; vocative singular

• pramāṇena: by (its) extent
• pramāṇena: Karana (Instrument/Measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; instrumental singular; “by measure/extent”

• diśaḥ: directions (quarters)
• diśaḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; here accusative plural as object with “samāvṛtam” (covered the directions)

• bhūmiḥ: earth
• bhūmiḥ: Karta (Subject, coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; nominative singular (also possible as part of a list)

• gaganam: sky
• gaganam: Karta (Subject, coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gagana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; here nominative singular coordinated with “bhūmiḥ”

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपातः; conjunction

• samāvṛtam: covered, enveloped
• samāvṛtam: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+ā+vṛ (वृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; past passive participle used predicatively: “(is) covered/enveloped”

Speaker

Apsarās, collectively

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Acyuta’s radiance erupts like a thousand pralaya-fires, flooding the cosmos; horizons vanish; devotees appear tiny, overwhelmed by light and heat-like aura.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta
• Pralaya (dissolution)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s splendor is limitless and cosmic, inspiring reverence and reminding one of the impermanence of worlds before divine power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the passage belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa milieu associated with the Narmadā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive praise of divine radiance.