Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

भव्यं भूतं भविष्यच्च सर्वं जानंति यांति च । पंचतन्मात्ररूपं च मनोबुद्धिरहंजडाः

Transliteration

bhavyaṃ bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyacca sarvaṃ jānaṃti yāṃti ca | paṃcatanmātrarūpaṃ ca manobuddhirahaṃjaḍāḥ

Translation

Sie wissen alles—was war, was ist und was sein wird—und sie bewegen sich auch frei. Ihre Gestalt gehört zu den fünf feinen Elementen, zusammen mit Geist, Intellekt und dem Ich-Prinzip (ahaṃkāra).

Word by Word

• bhavyam: the future
• bhavyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘भविष्यत्’ अर्थे (future)

• bhūtam: the past
• bhūtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyat: the future (that which will be)
• bhaviṣyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣyat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; वर्तमान-पाठे ‘भविष्यच्च’ इति सन्धि

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• jānanti: know
• jānanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pañca-tanmātra-rūpam: having the form of the five tanmātras
• pañca-tanmātra-rūpam: Karta (Predicate-adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + tanmātra (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पञ्चानां तन्मात्राणां रूपम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• buddhiḥ: intellect
• buddhiḥ: Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• ahaṃ: I / ego (ahaṃkāra)
• ahaṃ: Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jaḍāḥ: insentient/dull
• jaḍāḥ: Karta (Predicate-adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (समूहवाचक)

Speaker

Mahākāla

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Questioner in the dialogue (unnamed in provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet poetic vision: luminous ancestral beings composed of subtle elemental essences, surrounded by symbols of the five tanmātras; time (past-present-future) shown as a tri-fold wheel behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual reception is explained through the doctrine of subtle embodiment: beings can function through tanmātras and inner instruments beyond gross matter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is philosophical (subtle-body doctrine).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it supplies the metaphysical basis for how offerings can be received.