Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अथवा शांकरी शक्तिः सत्याऽणोरप्यणीयसी । मत्तो नान्यतरः कश्चिद्यन्मय्यपि विलीयते

Transliteration

athavā śāṃkarī śaktiḥ satyā'ṇorapyaṇīyasī | matto nānyataraḥ kaścidyanmayyapi vilīyate

Translation

Ou bien, la Puissance Śāṃkarī est réelle, plus subtile que l’atome le plus subtil. En dehors de moi, nul autre n’existe, car même cette puissance se résorbe en moi.

Word by Word

• athavā: or else; alternatively
• athavā: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय) + vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक)

• śāṃkarī: of Śaṅkara; Śaṅkarī
• śāṃkarī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक) + ī (तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धित-सम्बन्ध (शाङ्करी = शङ्करसम्बन्धिनी), विशेषण

• śaktiḥ: power; Śakti
• śaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• satyā: true; real
• satyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• aṇoḥ: of an atom; of the minute
• aṇoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = even/also)

• aṇīyasī: smaller; more minute
• aṇīyasī: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṇīyas (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धित-तरप्/ईयसुन् comparative)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण, तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• mattaḥ: from me; than me
• mattaḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• anyataraḥ: any other (one)
• anyataraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya-tara (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धित-तर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (तर-प्रत्यय: one other/another)

• kaścit: someone; anyone
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चित (indefinite) सर्वनाम

• yat: because; since
• yat: Hetu (Reason-link/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (सम्बन्धबोधक; यत् = because/that which)

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = even/also)

• vilīyate: dissolves; merges
• vilīyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (ली धातु) with vi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala (Śiva-jyoti as ultimate ground)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An abstract metaphysical tableau: Śakti as a fine, shimmering current (like subtle particles) emanating and then merging back into a vast, still Śiva-light; Arunachala hill faintly anchors the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śakti (Śāṃkarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is affirmed as the supreme ground; even the subtlest power (śakti) ultimately rests and resolves in Him.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Arunachala Mahatmya, supporting Arunachala’s status as a seat of Śiva’s supreme reality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; it is a doctrinal praise describing Śiva-Śakti ontology.