Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

यत्किंचित्स्त्रीस्वरूपं च समस्तं भुवनत्रये । तत्सर्वं त्वत्स्वरूपं स्यादिति शास्त्रेषु निश्चयः

Transliteration

yatkiṃcitstrīsvarūpaṃ ca samastaṃ bhuvanatraye | tatsarvaṃ tvatsvarūpaṃ syāditi śāstreṣu niścayaḥ

Translation

Toute forme féminine qui existe, où que ce soit dans les trois mondes—tout cela est ta propre forme ; telle est la conclusion arrêtée des Écritures.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Visheshya (correlative/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• kiṃcit: anything, something
• kiṃcit: Visheshya (appositive to yat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक + अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite)

• strī-svarūpam: the form/nature of a woman (feminine form)
• strī-svarūpam: Visheshya (predicate/descriptor of yat kiṃcit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्त्रियाः स्वरूपम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• samastam: entire, all
• samastam: Visheshana (qualifier of yat kiṃcit/strīsvarūpam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhuvana-traye: in the three worlds
• bhuvana-traye: Adhikarana (locus/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमासः (त्रीणि भुवनानि = bhuvanatrayam; तस्मिन्)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshya (correlative to yat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संकेत/अन्वयार्थक सर्वनाम (correlative)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (of tat)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tvat-svarūpam: your very form/nature
• tvat-svarūpam: Pratipādya (predicate nominative/complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-आधार) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तव स्वरूपम्)

• syāt: would be / is (as a conclusion)
• syāt: Kriya (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative)

• śāstreṣu: in the scriptures
• śāstreṣu: Adhikarana (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• niścayaḥ: certainty, settled conclusion
• niścayaḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional proclamation before the Goddess: the cosmos subtly filled with innumerable feminine forms dissolving into one radiant Devī-svarūpa, while a sage/Śiva figure affirms ‘śāstra-niścaya’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• Śāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for the feminine is reverence for the Goddess herself; divinity pervades all forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it presents a scriptural doctrine (śāstrīya-niścaya) rather than a ritual rule.