Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

आदित्यानां रश्मयश्च संस्पृष्टा वै परस्परम् । एवं ददाह भगवांस्त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

Transliteration

ādityānāṃ raśmayaśca saṃspṛṣṭā vai parasparam | evaṃ dadāha bhagavāṃstrailokyaṃ sacarācaram

Translation

รัศมีของเหล่าอาทิตยะประสานต้องกันและหลอมรวมเป็นหนึ่ง; ด้วยประการฉะนี้ พระภควานจึงเผาไตรโลก พร้อมทั้งสรรพสิ่งที่เคลื่อนไหวและนิ่งอยู่

Word by Word

• ādityānām: of the Ādityas
• ādityānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• raśmayaḥ: rays
• raśmayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raśmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• saṃspṛṣṭāḥ: having touched, in contact
• saṃspṛṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-sparś (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• parasparam: mutually, each other
• parasparam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्पर-क्रियाविशेषण (reciprocal adverb)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

• dadāha: burned
• dadāha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• trailokyam: the three worlds
• trailokyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः = three worlds); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• sa-cara-acaram: together with moving and unmoving beings
• sa-cara-acaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (चर + अचर) तथा 'स' उपपदेन सह (with); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Purāṇic narration addressed to a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Many solar rays interlace and fuse into a single lattice of light; the fused radiance spreads to burn the three worlds—heaven, earth, and underworld—along with all beings.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Bhagavān
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All realms—beings and elements alike—are impermanent before the divine will; liberation lies in turning toward the Lord beyond change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is directly named; the verse provides pralaya imagery that often frames the enduring sanctity of revered tīrthas in the Revā tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is cosmological narration.