Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अंबेति भाषते स्कंदस्ततोऽन्ये सर्वदेवताः । पृथिव्यां मानवाः सर्वे पाताले सर्वपन्नगाः

Transliteration

aṃbeti bhāṣate skaṃdastato'nye sarvadevatāḥ | pṛthivyāṃ mānavāḥ sarve pātāle sarvapannagāḥ

Translation

Skanda sprach das Wort „Ambā!“, und daraufhin riefen es auch alle anderen Gottheiten nach. Auf Erden verkündeten es alle Menschen, und in Pātāla ebenso alle Nāga‑Schlangen.

Word by Word

• ambe: O Mother!
• ambe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• bhāṣate: speaks
• bhāṣate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (भाष् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• skandaḥ: Skanda
• skandaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• sarva-devatāḥ: all the deities
• sarva-devatāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (सर्वाः देवताः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• pṛthivyām: on earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (mānavāḥ)

• pātāle: in the netherworld
• pātāle: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• sarva-pannagāḥ: all serpents
• sarva-pannagāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pannaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (सर्वे पन्नगाः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambā-nāda-kṣetra (the place sanctified by the universal cry ‘Ambā’) at Vastrāpatha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda utters ‘Ambā!’; waves of sound ripple outward as luminous rings. Devas in the sky echo, humans on earth raise hands in praise, and nāgas in Pātāla coil and chant—three tiers of the cosmos responding in unison.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Ambā (Devī)
• Devas
• Humans
• Pātāla
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine Mother is universally revered—across heaven, earth, and the nether realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra’s peak where Devi is worshipped and praised as ‘Ambā’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The devotional utterance ‘Ambā’ is highlighted as an act of praise (nāma-smaraṇa).