Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

यस्यांशात्सात्त्विकं दिव्यं बिभ्रद्विष्णुः सनातनः । विश्वं बिभर्त्ति भूतात्मा शिवोऽस्माभिः स पूज्यते

Transliteration

yasyāṃśātsāttvikaṃ divyaṃ bibhradviṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | viśvaṃ bibhartti bhūtātmā śivo'smābhiḥ sa pūjyate

Translation

Aus einem Anteil von Ihm trägt der ewige Viṣṇu die göttliche sāttvige Kraft und erhält das Weltall als innewohnende Seele der Wesen; diesen Śiva verehren wir.

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter) — ‘whose/of whom’

• aṃśāt: from (his) portion
• aṃśāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• sāttvikam: sattvic, pure
• sāttvikam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण (qualifier)

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण

• bibhrat: bearing, holding
• bibhrat: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhṛ (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि-शतृ (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sanātanaḥ: eternal
• sanātanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण (of Viṣṇu)

• viśvam: the universe
• viśvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• bibharti: supports, bears
• bibharti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhūtātmā: the Self of beings
• bhūtātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘भूतानाम् आत्मा’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural) — ‘by us’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• pūjyate: is worshipped
• pūjyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Rājaputra (continuing reply)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic hymn-scene: sages or devas praising Śiva; Viṣṇu shown bearing a luminous sāttvika aura emanating from Śiva’s aṃśa; the universe upheld as a mandala within the divine field.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viṣṇu
• Sattva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustenance (through Viṣṇu and sattva) is portrayed as arising from Śiva’s deeper source-nature, affirming Śiva as ultimate refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse glorifies Śiva’s cosmic immanence and supremacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None beyond the general statement that Śiva is to be worshipped.