Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

व्यापकं सर्वकामाख्यमक्षरं परमं महत् । स्थूलसूक्ष्मविभागस्थं व्यक्ताव्यक्तं सनातनम्

Transliteration

vyāpakaṃ sarvakāmākhyamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ mahat | sthūlasūkṣmavibhāgasthaṃ vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam

Translation

Allgegenwärtig, bekannt als Erfüller aller Ziele, unvergänglich, höchst und gewaltig, weilt Er in den Unterscheidungen von Grobem und Feinem — ewig, zugleich manifest und unmanifest.

Word by Word

• vyāpakam: all-pervading
• vyāpakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyāpaka (प्रातिपदिक; √vyāp (धातु) + ण्वुल्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative singular; adjectival)

• sarvakāmākhyam: called (the giver of) all desires
• sarvakāmākhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वकामानाम् आख्यं = named/known as fulfilling all desires)

• akṣaram: imperishable
• akṣaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• sthūlasūkṣmavibhāgastham: situated in the division of gross and subtle
• sthūlasūkṣmavibhāgastham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthūla (प्रातिपदिक) + sūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक; √sthā (धातु) + क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (स्थूलसूक्ष्मविभागे स्थम् = situated in the division of gross and subtle)

• vyakta-avyaktam: manifest and unmanifest
• vyakta-avyaktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyakta (प्रातिपदिक; √vyaj (धातु) + क्त) + avyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (व्यक्तं च अव्यक्तं च)

• sanātanam: eternal
• sanātanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split composition: temple sanctum (manifest) and vast sea-sky (unmanifest), linked by a single continuous aura indicating pervasion; pilgrims moving from ghat to shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord pervades both subtle and gross reality, transcending the divide between manifest and unmanifest.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the all-pervading imperishable Śiva is celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive stuti suited for recitation and meditation.