Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

सर्वत्रगं तं सा देवी त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

sarvatragaṃ taṃ sā devī trailokye sacarācare

Translation

সেই দেবী ত্রিলোকে—চর ও অচরসহ—সর্বত্রগামী সেই (অসুর)কে অনুসন্ধান করতে লাগলেন।

Word by Word

• सर्वत्रगम्: all-pervading
• सर्वत्रगम्: Karma (Object qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (going everywhere)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three worlds)

• स-चर-अचरे: with all moving and unmoving beings
• स-चर-अचरे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (moving and unmoving) with सह- (together with)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trailokya (cosmic field)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess extends her awareness and pursuit through the three worlds—earth, mid-region, and heaven—scanning all beings and all that is still; a cosmic panorama with layered realms and countless life-forms.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Trailokya
• Sarvatraga (epithet of the asura/being sought)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

No hiding place exists from divine awareness; the sacred order pervades all realms—moving and unmoving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is cosmological (trailokya) within the Dharmāraṇya narrative; it does not highlight a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.