Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

त्वया मया च देवेशि ओतप्रोतमिदं जगत् । एकधा दशधा चैव तथा शतसहस्रधा

Transliteration

tvayā mayā ca deveśi otaprotamidaṃ jagat | ekadhā daśadhā caiva tathā śatasahasradhā

Translation

O Lady of the gods, by you and by me this universe is woven through and through. It is arranged as one, as tenfold, and likewise as hundreds and thousands—according to the many ways the One reality manifests.

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य-प्रयोग), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य-प्रयोग), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• deveśi: O goddess, mistress of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• otaprotam: interwoven, thoroughly pervaded
• otaprotam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ota + prota (कृदन्त; √ve/√vā?—प्रचलित प्रयोग ‘ओत-प्रोत’ स्थिर-समासवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण ‘जगत्’ इत्यस्य

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘जगत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ekadhā: in one way
• ekadhā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eka + dhā (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• daśadhā: in ten ways
• daśadhā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: daśa + dhā (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘तद्वत्/एवम्’ इत्यर्थे (adverb)

• śatasahasradhā: in hundreds and thousands of ways
• śatasahasradhā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śata + sahasra + dhā (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-प्रकारवाचक (adverb: in hundreds and thousands of ways)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic loom: threads of light from Śiva and Devī interlace to form worlds; the tapestry shows ‘one’ at center branching into ten, then hundreds and thousands as patterns.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Deveśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is a seamless fabric of the divine pair; multiplicity is a pattern of the One, not a separation from it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the tīrtha context that frames this teaching as part of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual or charity is stated.