Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अथाहं सलिले राजन्नादित्यसमरूपिणम् । पुरा पुरुषमद्राक्षमनादिनिधनं प्रभुम्

Transliteration

athāhaṃ salile rājannādityasamarūpiṇam | purā puruṣamadrākṣamanādinidhanaṃ prabhum

Translation

Pagkaraan, O hari, sa loob ng mga tubig na iyon ay nakita ko ang Sinaunang Puruṣa, nagniningning na tulad ng Araw—ang Panginoong walang pasimula at walang wakas.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Sequencer)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• salile: in the water
• salile: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• āditya-sama-rūpiṇam: having a sun-like form
• āditya-sama-rūpiṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासार्थः ‘ādityena samaṃ rūpaṃ yasya’ (having a form like the sun); विशेषणम् (puruṣam/prabhum)

• purā: formerly / once
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• puruṣam: the Person
• puruṣam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• adrākṣam: I saw
• adrākṣam: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• anādi-nidhanam: without beginning and end
• anādi-nidhanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (ādi ca nidhanaṃ ca) नञ्-पूर्वकः; विशेषणम् (puruṣam/prabhum)

• prabhum: the Lord
• prabhum: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; apposition to puruṣam

Speaker

A narrator-sage addressing a king (listener indicated by 'rājan')

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the midst of endless waters, the seer beholds the Primeval Person—sun-like, radiant—calm and eternal, contrasting the chaos of dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Puruṣa (Primeval Person)
• Āditya (Sun imagery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme Lord transcends cosmic beginnings and endings; divine vision arises when all else dissolves.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a site-specific verse; it contributes to the theological backdrop of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.