Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तवोदरे जगत्सर्वं तिष्ठते परमेश्वर । तद्विमुञ्च महासत्त्व यत्पूर्वं संहृतं त्वया

Transliteration

tavodare jagatsarvaṃ tiṣṭhate parameśvara | tadvimuñca mahāsattva yatpūrvaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ tvayā

Translation

Hỡi Đấng Tối Thượng, trong bụng Ngài toàn thể vũ trụ an trụ. Vì vậy, hỡi Đại Hữu Thể, xin phóng thích điều mà trước kia Ngài đã thu nhiếp vào chính mình.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• उदरे: in (your) belly
• उदरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—जगत् (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• तिष्ठते: stands / remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)

• परमेश्वर: O Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• विमुञ्च: release / let out
• विमुञ्च: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• महासत्त्व: O great being
• महासत्त्व: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Vocative, Singular)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• पूर्वम्: formerly / earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• संहृतम्: withdrawn / reabsorbed
• संहृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु) + सम्- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृत्-प्रत्यय (क्त), कर्मणि प्रयोग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन (Past passive participle; Neuter, Accusative/Nominative, Singular)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)

Speaker

Brahmā (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / tīrtha-seekers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā petitions the Supreme Lord: the universe is shown symbolically within the Lord’s abdomen—tiny worlds, stars, and beings suspended in a cosmic womb; the plea is to release them after pralaya.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Mahāsattva
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation and dissolution are governed by the Supreme; the cosmos depends on divine will, reinforcing surrender and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse is theological-cosmological rather than tīrtha-specific.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse models prayerful supplication to the Supreme Lord.