Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

अहं सर्वमिदं भूतं त्वं तु देवि न संशयः । स्रष्टाऽहं तव देवेशि त्वं सृजस्यखिलं जगत्

Transliteration

ahaṃ sarvamidaṃ bhūtaṃ tvaṃ tu devi na saṃśayaḥ | sraṣṭā'haṃ tava deveśi tvaṃ sṛjasyakhilaṃ jagat

Translation

أنا كلُّ ما كانَ وُجِدَ—وأنتِ كذلكِ يا ديفي بلا ريب. أنا الخالقُ بالقياسِ إليكِ، يا سيّدةَ الآلهة، وأنتِ تُنْشِئينَ العالَمَ كلَّه—تأكيدًا لتلازمِ شيفا وشاكتي وتشارُكِهما الذي لا ينفصم في الخلق.

Word by Word

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

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate/attributive)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhūtam: being/that which exists
• bhūtam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेष/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sraṣṭā: creator
• sraṣṭā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), एकवचन

• deveśi: O Lady of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sṛjasi: create/produce
• sṛjasi: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• akhilam: entire/whole
• akhilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• jagat: world/universe
• jagat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cosmic vision: Śiva and Devī as a single luminous axis; from Devī’s dynamic radiance the worlds unfold, while Śiva’s stillness pervades them—both declaring ‘I am all’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Deveśī/Parameśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation is a unified divine act: Śiva as consciousness and Śakti as power are never separate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the sacred frame in which this cosmological praise is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.