Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पृथ्वी च सकला चैव तप्यमाना तवौजसा । चराचरसमुत्पत्तिक्षमा नैव भविप्यति

Transliteration

pṛthvī ca sakalā caiva tapyamānā tavaujasā | carācarasamutpattikṣamā naiva bhavipyati

Translation

แผ่นดินทั้งสิ้นเมื่อถูกเผาด้วยฤทธิ์เดชของพระองค์ ก็จักไม่อาจให้กำเนิดสรรพสัตว์ทั้งที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหวได้อีก

Word by Word

• पृथ्वी: the earth
• पृथ्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सकला: entire, whole
• सकला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies पृथ्वी)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तप्यमाना: being scorched
• तप्यमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपदे शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘being scorched/tormented’ (qualifies पृथ्वी)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ओजसा: by (your) power
• ओजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• चराचर: moving and unmoving (beings)
• चराचर: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमासः ‘चराः च अचराः च’ (moving and unmoving beings); (समासपूर्वपद)

• समुत्पत्ति: origin/production
• समुत्पत्ति: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद्/पत् (धातु) → उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• क्षमा: capable
• क्षमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘able/capable’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

One of the two petitioners/devotees (continuing the cosmic-welfare argument; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The earth depicted as parched and shimmering under an overwhelming divine blaze emanating from Arunachala; flora and fauna fade, suggesting creation’s fragility before uncontained tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthvī (Earth)
• Cara-acara (moving and unmoving beings)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power must serve compassion; divine governance includes preserving the conditions for life and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, where the Lord’s presence is described as world-transforming unless compassionately contained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse motivates a prayer for loka-anugraha (welfare of the worlds).