Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

हरः संहरते सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । एवं प्रवर्त्य देवेश उपविष्टा वरासने । कैलासशिखरे रम्ये मंत्रयंति परस्परम्

Transliteration

haraḥ saṃharate sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram | evaṃ pravartya deveśa upaviṣṭā varāsane | kailāsaśikhare ramye maṃtrayaṃti parasparam

Translation

หระทรงรวบคืนสรรพสิ่งทั้งปวง—ไตรโลกพร้อมทั้งสิ่งที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหว ครั้นทรงให้กิจแห่งจักรวาลดำเนินไปแล้ว เหล่าเจ้าแห่งเทพประทับบนอาสนะอันประเสริฐ ณ ยอดไกรลาสอันรื่นรมย์ และปรึกษากันโดยพร้อมเพรียง

Word by Word

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• संहरते: withdraws/destroys
• संहरते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; द्विगुसमासः (त्रयाणां लोकानाम् समाहारः)

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving
• सचराचरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; द्वन्द्वः (चर + अचर) उपपद-समासः ‘स-’ (with)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम्

• प्रवर्त्य: having set (things) in motion
• प्रवर्त्य: Purva-kala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having set in motion/after causing to proceed’

• देवेशाः: lords of the gods
• देवेशाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशाः)

• उपविष्टाः: seated
• उपविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘seated’ (as predicate)

• वरासने: on an excellent seat
• वरासने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (वरम् आसनम्)

• कैलासशिखरे: on the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलासशिखरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कैलासस्य शिखरम्)

• रम्ये: beautiful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (शिखरे) विशेषणम्

• मन्त्रयन्ति: they consult/discuss
• मन्त्रयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• परस्परम्: with one another
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-प्रयोगः)
• Form: अव्ययम्; परस्पर-भाववाचक-अव्ययम् (reciprocal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vāmana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hara dissolves the moving and unmoving worlds; then the three lords sit upon a splendid throne atop radiant Kailāsa, conferring—snow peaks, celestial attendants, and a calm after cosmic withdrawal.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Kailāsa
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dissolution is also divine order; the Trimūrti’s coordinated governance reflects harmony behind cosmic change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While Kailāsa is named as the scene, the passage remains part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, reinforcing the kṣetra’s sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.