Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स चापि भगवाञ्छम्भुर्निष्कामः परमेश्वरः । जगद्व्याप्तिं समाश्रित्य सर्वप्राणिषु वर्तते

Transliteration

sa cāpi bhagavāñchambhurniṣkāmaḥ parameśvaraḥ | jagadvyāptiṃ samāśritya sarvaprāṇiṣu vartate

Translation

Pourtant, le Bienheureux Śambhu, le Seigneur Suprême, est sans désir. Établi comme la Présence qui pénètre l’univers entier, il demeure au cœur de tous les êtres vivants.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• śambhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhuḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• niṣkāmaḥ: desireless
• niṣkāmaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying śambhuḥ)

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• jagadvyāptim: the pervasion of the world
• jagadvyāptim: Karma (Object of gerund/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + vyāpti (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the world' + 'pervasion')

• samāśritya: having resorted to
• samāśritya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having resorted to'

• sarvaprāṇiṣu: in all living beings
• sarvaprāṇiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + prāṇin (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन (plural); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासार्थ (all + living beings)

• vartate: abides/exists
• vartate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama (as teaching-site)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva stands serene and unaffected amid chaos; the scene shifts from external action to an inner cosmic vision—Śiva as all-pervading presence within every creature.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Parameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as transcendently desireless and immanent in all life—uniting devotion with a universal, all-pervading theology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single geographical tīrtha is specified; the verse universalizes Śiva’s presence beyond place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is primarily a doctrinal statement about Śiva’s nature.