Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सर्वैकवंद्या सर्वाद्या सर्वदा सर्वसंकृतिः । परिकल्प्येति तां मूर्तिमीश्वरीं शुद्धरूपिणीम्

Transliteration

sarvaikavaṃdyā sarvādyā sarvadā sarvasaṃkṛtiḥ | parikalpyeti tāṃ mūrtimīśvarīṃ śuddharūpiṇīm

Translation

Sie ist die Eine, von allen verehrt, der uranfängliche Ursprung, stets gegenwärtig, die allumfassende ordnende Macht. So stellen sie sich jene Herrscherin, die rein gestaltete Göttin, als eine Manifestation vor.

Word by Word

• सर्वैकवंद्या: venerable to all
• सर्वैकवंद्या: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्द्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वन्द्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ('venerable by all/uniquely venerable for all')

• सर्वाद्या: the primordial (first of all)
• सर्वाद्या: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ('first of all')

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सर्वसंकृतिः: the all-formation; total creation
• सर्वसंकृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + संकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ('the total/complete formation/creation')

• परिकल्प्य: having fashioned/after arranging
• परिकल्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + कॢप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having arranged/after forming'

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति-बोधक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ताम्: her/that (form)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मूर्तिम्: form
• मूर्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ईश्वरीम्: the Goddess; the sovereign lady
• ईश्वरीम्: Karma (Apposition to object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुद्धरूपिणीम्: of pure form
• शुद्धरूपिणीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय ('pure-formed', i.e., whose form is pure)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī enthroned as the cosmic sovereign, surrounded by representatives of all beings offering reverence; behind her, a subtle mandala suggesting cosmic order and sacred rites.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvarī
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tradition speaks of the one supreme power as Īśvarī—origin and sustainer—conceived in a pure manifest form for devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting associates this vision of Īśvarī with Kāśī’s sacred identity as a place of worship and realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific vrata or rite is stated in this verse.