Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

प्रकृत्या सह संयुक्तः कालो भूत्वा महेश्वरः । विश्वरूपा महाभागा तस्य पार्श्वे व्यवस्थिता

Transliteration

prakṛtyā saha saṃyuktaḥ kālo bhūtvā maheśvaraḥ | viśvarūpā mahābhāgā tasya pārśve vyavasthitā

Translation

پرکرتی کے ساتھ یُکت ہو کر مہیشور کال (وقت) بن جاتا ہے؛ اور وہ عظیم بخت والی، وِشو روپا، اس کے پہلو میں قائم رہتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• prakṛtyā: with Prakṛti; by/along with nature
• prakṛtyā: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (समुच्चय/सहयोगार्थ) — indeclinable expressing accompaniment

• saṃyuktaḥ: joined, united
• saṃyuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + yuj (धातु) → saṃyukta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kālaḥ: Time
• kālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhū (धातु) → bhūtvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (पूर्वकालक्रिया) — gerund/absolutive: ‘having become’

• maheśvaraḥ: Mahēśvara (Great Lord)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/सम्बोधनार्थ नाम), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• viśvarūpā: of universal form
• viśvarūpā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• mahābhāgā: most fortunate, illustrious
• mahābhāgā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• pārśve: at the side
• pārśve: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• vyavasthitā: standing, stationed
• vyavasthitā: Kriyā (Predicative/स्थितिवाचक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ava + sthā (धातु) → vyavasthita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara and Prakṛti/Śakti stand together; from their union emanates Kāla—depicted as a vast wheel of time or a dark, star-filled aura. The consort appears as Viśvarūpā, containing worlds within her form, stationed at His side.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Prakṛti
• Kāla
• Viśvarūpā (feminine figure; likely Śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time and cosmic process are presented as Śiva’s expression in union with Prakṛti/Śakti—divinity immanent in the unfolding universe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it continues the cosmological teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.