Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अन्या सृष्टिः समुत्पन्ना सांप्रतं धरणीतले । न त्वं जानासि माहात्म्यान्मम लोकसमुद्भवात्

Transliteration

anyā sṛṣṭiḥ samutpannā sāṃprataṃ dharaṇītale | na tvaṃ jānāsi māhātmyānmama lokasamudbhavāt

Translation

இப்போது பூமியில் வேறொரு படைப்பு தோன்றியுள்ளது. என் உலகிலிருந்து நீ வெளிவந்த அதிசய மகிமையால் அதை நீ அறிய முடியவில்லை.

Word by Word

• anyā: another/different
• anyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘सृष्टिः’ इत्यस्य

• sṛṣṭiḥ: creation
• sṛṣṭiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• samutpannā: has arisen
• samutpannā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ut-√pad (धातु) → samutpanna (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘has arisen/come into being’

• sāṃpratam: now/at present
• sāṃpratam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निष्पन्न)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• dharaṇītale: on the surface of the earth
• dharaṇītale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jānāsi: you know
• jānāsi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• māhātmyāt: because of (the) greatness/majesty
• māhātmyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (because of/from)

• mama: my/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• lokasamudbhavāt: from (my) arising in the world/worldly manifestation
• lokasamudbhavāt: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक; sam-ud-√bhū/भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु-भावे

Speaker

Unknown (context suggests a divine realm speaker explaining altered creation to a king)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision: the king looks upon an unfamiliar earth—new cities, new people—while the speaker stands radiant, indicating that the king’s disorientation comes from emerging out of a glorious otherworld.

Characters & Entities

• dharaṇī (earth)
• loka (world)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred realms transform one’s perception; the worldly order is not fixed, and divine “māhātmya” can transcend ordinary time and creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it functions as narrative cosmological explanation within a Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is stated here.