Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततः प्रहृष्टो भगवान् वेदांल्लब्ध्वा पितामहः । जनयामास निखिलं जगद्भूयश्चराचरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ prahṛṣṭo bhagavān vedāṃllabdhvā pitāmahaḥ | janayāmāsa nikhilaṃ jagadbhūyaścarācaram

Translation

Sau đó, đấng Pitāmaha Phạm Thiên, hoan hỷ khi lấy lại các Veda, lại sinh thành toàn thể vũ trụ—cả hữu tình chuyển động lẫn vô tình bất động.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereupon)

• prahṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• prahṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vedān: the Vedas
• vedān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• labdhvā: having obtained
• labdhvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having obtained’

• pitāmahaḥ: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• janayāmāsa: created; generated
• janayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: janī/jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: caused to be born/created)

• nikhilam: entire
• nikhilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nikhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (jagat)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (again/more)

• cara-acaram: moving and unmoving (beings)
• cara-acaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (moving and non-moving)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Purāṇic narrative style within Āvantya-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, newly receiving the Vedas, radiates delight; from him emanate symbolic forms of beings—plants, animals, humans, devas—unfolding like a mandala of creation.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Veda
• Jagat (universe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation and right order are grounded in Vedic wisdom; when knowledge is restored, harmony returns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single tirtha in this verse; it supports the Revā-khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography narrative through cosmological background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.