Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सर्वं संहरते रुद्रो जगत्कालप्रमाणतः । तेनादौ भगवान्सृष्टो दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

sarvaṃ saṃharate rudro jagatkālapramāṇataḥ | tenādau bhagavānsṛṣṭo dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ

Translation

رُدر جگت کے زمانے کی پیمائش کے مطابق سب کچھ سمیٹ لیتا ہے۔ اسی لیے آغاز میں بھگوان، پرجاپتی ‘دکش’ کے نام سے پیدا کیے گئے۔

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (n. acc. sg.)

• संहरते: withdraws, destroys
• संहरते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (m. nom. sg.)

• जगत्कालप्रमाणतः: according to the measure of world-time
• जगत्कालप्रमाणतः: Hetu/Pramāṇa (Ground/प्रमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जगत् + काल + प्रमाण + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); समासः—तत्पुरुष (जगत्-काल-प्रमाण = measure/standard of world-time)

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (instr. sg.)

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् (locative adverb)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (m. nom. sg.)

• सृष्टः: was created
• सृष्टः: Kriya (Passive predicate/कर्मणि-विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (m. nom. sg.)

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

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/संज्ञा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name)

• प्रजापतिः: lord of creatures, Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रजायाः पतिः)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast cosmic tableau: Rudra as Time draws the universe back into himself; from the luminous beginning emerges Dakṣa Prajāpati, seated in austerity, holding a kamaṇḍalu and rosary, with the brahmāṇḍa as a golden oval behind.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Dakṣa
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even dissolution follows lawful cosmic timing; creation of progenitors like Dakṣa proceeds as part of ordered re-manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it serves the narrative foundation within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.