Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

क्षणात्संधारयामास वाणीगायत्रिसंनिधौ । संधितोऽथ हरेणासौ चतुर्वक्त्रो जगत्पतिः

Transliteration

kṣaṇātsaṃdhārayāmāsa vāṇīgāyatrisaṃnidhau | saṃdhito'tha hareṇāsau caturvaktro jagatpatiḥ

Translation

ในชั่วขณะเดียว ต่อหน้าวาณี (สรัสวตี) และคายตรี พระองค์ทรงประกอบให้เข้ากัน แล้วโดยหระ เทพผู้ทำลาย จึงทรงฟื้นคืนพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งโลกผู้มีสี่พักตร์ (พรหมา) ให้สมบูรณ์ดังเดิม

Word by Word

• क्षणात्: in a moment / immediately
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; Ablative singular (time-from)

• संधारयामास: joined/held together
• संधारयामास: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + धृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; causative nuance ‘held together/assembled’

• वाणीगायत्रिसंनिधौ: in the presence of Vāṇī and Gāyatrī
• वाणीगायत्रिसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक) + गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; Locative singular; तत्पुरुष (वाणी-गायत्र्योः संनिधौ = in the presence of Vāṇī and Gāyatrī)

• संधितः: joined
• संधितः: Karta (as predicate participle of asau)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + धा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘joined/connected’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक/क्रमसूचक (then/now)

• हरेण: by Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेण: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• चतुर्वक्त्रः: four-faced
• चतुर्वक्त्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (चत्वारि वक्त्राणि यस्य) used adjectivally

• जगत्पतिः: lord of the world
• जगत्पतिः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः पतिः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before Sarasvatī and Gāyatrī, Śiva instantly joins the heads and body; Brahmā reappears as the four-faced Jagatpati, restored and radiant, while the witnesses stand in reverent relief.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Vāṇī (Sarasvatī)
• Gāyatrī
• Brahmā (Caturvaktra, Jagatpati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace can instantly restore life and order; divinity heals disruption and re-establishes the world’s governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setukhaṇḍa) is the implied sacred setting, portraying the region as a locus of swift divine intervention.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is the miracle of restoration performed by Hara in the presence of Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī.