Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

दक्षोऽथ मनवो ये च ज्योतींषि ऋतवस्तथा । मूर्तिमत्यश्च सरितो महीप्रभृतिकास्तथा

Transliteration

dakṣo'tha manavo ye ca jyotīṃṣi ṛtavastathā | mūrtimatyaśca sarito mahīprabhṛtikāstathā

Translation

ต่อมาทักษะ เหล่ามนู ดวงประทีปแห่งฟ้าและฤดูกาลทั้งหลาย; และสายน้ำผู้มีรูปกาย—เริ่มแต่พระมหี (ปฐพี) เป็นต้นไป—ก็มา ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अथ: then/also
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तर/समुच्चयार्थ (particle: 'then/and also')

• मनवः: the Manus
• मनवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• ज्योतींषि: the luminaries (lights)
• ज्योतींषि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन

• ऋतवः: the seasons
• ऋतवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: 'likewise')

• मूर्तिमत्यः: embodied (female beings)
• मूर्तिमत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

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

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• महीप्रभृतिकाः: beginning with the earth (etc.)
• महीप्रभृतिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मही’ + ‘प्रभृति’ + क)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier: 'beginning with earth')

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: 'likewise')

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrative voice

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa and Manus appear as regal patriarchs; luminaries as radiant orbs with deities; seasons as four (or six) personified figures bearing seasonal emblems; rivers as goddess-forms flowing in procession, led by Mahī (Earth) as a crowned, fertile mother-figure.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Manus
• jyotīṃṣi (luminaries)
• ṛtavaḥ (seasons)
• saritaḥ (rivers)
• Mahī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is established, even time (seasons), light (luminaries), and the earth’s sacred waters are portrayed as witnesses—showing the rite’s universal significance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is singled out; rivers are invoked collectively in their sacred, personified form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse frames the ceremony as so holy that cosmic and terrestrial powers are present.