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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

योऽग्नौ तिष्ठति यो भूमौ यो वायौ सलिले च यः । य आकाशे च विश्वात्मा स पूज्यो नः सदाशिवः

yo'gnau tiṣṭhati yo bhūmau yo vāyau salile ca yaḥ | ya ākāśe ca viśvātmā sa pūjyo naḥ sadāśivaḥ

Lui qui demeure dans le feu, dans la terre, dans le vent et dans l’eau, et qui est dans l’espace comme l’Âme de l’univers : ce Sadāśiva est digne de notre culte.

yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘who’
agnauin fire
agnau:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन
tiṣṭhatistands, abides
tiṣṭhati:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsthā (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
bhūmauon/in the earth
bhūmau:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
vāyauin the wind
vāyau:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
salilein water
salile:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsalila (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (पाठे ‘ya’ इति)
ākāśein the sky/ether
ākāśe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
viśvātmāthe Soul of the universe
viśvātmā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘विश्वस्य आत्मा’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
pūjyaḥworthy of worship
pūjyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūj (धातु) + यत् (भाव्य-कृदन्त)
Formभाव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
naḥour
naḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, बहुवचन — ‘our/by us’ (contextually ‘for us/our’)
sadāśivaḥSadāśiva (ever-auspicious Śiva)
sadāśivaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsadā (अव्यय) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (‘सदा शिवः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Rājaputra (continuing reply)

Tirtha: Pañca-bhūta-vyāpti (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Scene: Sadāśiva shown as a serene cosmic figure whose body subtly contains the five elements: flames in one hand, earth/lotus base, wind as flowing scarf, water as abhiṣeka stream, space as vast blue halo with stars.

S
Sadāśiva
A
Agni
B
Bhūmi
V
Vāyu
S
Salila
Ā
Ākāśa

FAQs

Śiva’s presence pervades all elements and space; worship recognizes the sacredness of the cosmos as Śiva’s manifestation.

No single tīrtha is singled out; the verse universalizes sacred geography by locating Śiva in all elements everywhere.

Only the general injunction of worshipping Sadāśiva; no specific vrata, dāna, or tīrtha-ritual is detailed.