Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तस्योत्पन्नस्य भूतस्य तेजो रूपस्य भारत । पश्चात्प्रजापतिर्भूयः कालः कालान्तरेण वै

Transliteration

tasyotpannasya bhūtasya tejo rūpasya bhārata | paścātprajāpatirbhūyaḥ kālaḥ kālāntareṇa vai

Translation

โอ้ภารตะ ครั้นเมื่อภาวะผู้เป็นรูปแห่งรัศมีนั้นปรากฏแล้ว ต่อมาพระปรชาปติได้บังเกิดกาละ (กาลเวลา) ขึ้นอีกครั้ง—แท้จริงตามช่วงเวลาและฤกษ์อันควร

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• उत्पन्नस्य: of the arisen
• उत्पन्नस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पद्/√पन् (उत् + √पद्/पन्) (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भूतस्य) — 'of the arisen'

• भूतस्य: of the being/creature
• भूतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तेजः: radiance
• तेजः: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद-भावे (तेजो-रूपस्य)

• रूपस्य: of the form
• रूपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; 'तेजोरूपस्य' इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (radiance-formed)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — 'afterwards'

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati, lord of creatures
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (प्रजानां पतिः)

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्त्यर्थ/अधिक्य) — 'again/further'

• कालः: Time (as a deity/principle)
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कालान्तरेण: after a lapse of time
• कालान्तरेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (कालस्य अन्तरम्) — 'after an interval of time'

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थ/खलु) — emphatic particle

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) within Revā Khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the radiant being appears, a wheel of time—marked by seasons, yugas, and lunar phases—unfurls behind him; Prajāpati is shown as a creator-figure setting the cosmic clock.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata
• Prajāpati
• Kāla (Time)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation unfolds in divinely governed order: radiance and life-principle are followed by Time, which regulates dharma and worldly rhythms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is cosmological; within Revā Khaṇḍa it supports the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region as a landscape where cosmic principles are contemplated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets doctrinal context for later praise of Sun-centered observances.