Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तेजसां समुदायोऽसौ नारी काचि दभूत्तदा । शिवतेजो मुखमभूद्विष्णुतेजो भुजौ द्विजाः

Transliteration

tejasāṃ samudāyo'sau nārī kāci dabhūttadā | śivatejo mukhamabhūdviṣṇutejo bhujau dvijāḥ

Translation

ครั้นแล้วหมู่รัศมีทั้งปวงนั้นกลับกลายเป็นสตรีผู้หนึ่ง โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย รัศมีแห่งพระศิวะเป็นพระพักตร์ของนาง และรัศมีแห่งพระวิษณุเป็นพระกรของนาง

Word by Word

• तेजसाम्: of the energies
• तेजसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• समुदायः: a collection/aggregate
• समुदायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुदाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• असौ: this/that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• काचित्: some (one)
• काचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्टा (indefinite pronoun)

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शिवतेजः: Śiva's energy
• शिवतेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Genitive): शिवस्य तेजः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुखम्: the face
• मुखम्: Karma/Predicate complement (Result/कर्म-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विष्णुतेजः: Viṣṇu's energy
• विष्णुतेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Genitive): विष्णोः तेजः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भुजौ: the two arms
• भुजौ: Karma/Predicate complement (Result/कर्म-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), द्विवचन (Dual)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (also used as address)

Speaker

Narrator addressing brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The blazing mass condenses into a divine woman; her face shines with Śiva’s austere brilliance, her arms radiate Viṣṇu’s sustaining power; devas look on in reverent astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (as the woman formed from tejas)
• Śiva
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śakti is the unified expression of divine powers; sectarian energies are harmonized into one protective Goddess.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Setu Māhātmya (Rāmeśvaram–Setu region), supporting its sacred narrative atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.