Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

येनेदं पूरितं विश्वं बहिरन्तश्च सुव्रते । असंगस्य विभोः संगः कथं स्यादिति मन्मतिः

Transliteration

yenedaṃ pūritaṃ viśvaṃ bahirantaśca suvrate | asaṃgasya vibhoḥ saṃgaḥ kathaṃ syāditi manmatiḥ

Translation

Ô femme de vœu pur, Lui par qui l’univers entier est pénétré, au-dehors comme au-dedans : comment y aurait-il « attachement » pour le Tout-Puissant, naturellement sans attache ? Telle est ma pensée.

Word by Word

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karaṇa (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (instrumental singular: by whom/which)

• idam: this
• idam: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचनम् (here: accusative as object of pūritam)

• pūritam: filled
• pūritam: Kriya (participial predicate: ‘filled’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pṝ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचनम्

• viśvam: the universe
• viśvam: Karman (object; what is filled)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनम्

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: outside)

• antaḥ: inside
• antaḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: inside)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• suvrate: O woman of good vows
• suvrate: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• asaṃgasya: of the unattached one
• asaṃgasya: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asaṃga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• vibhoḥ: of the all-pervading Lord
• vibhoḥ: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचनम्

• saṃgaḥ: attachment/association
• saṃgaḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• syāt: could be
• syāt: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु); विधिलिङ्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (potential/optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotative/marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• manmatiḥ: my thought/opinion
• manmatiḥ: Karta (subject: ‘my opinion’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manmati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

Speaker

Devarṣi (divine sage) addressing Rukmiṇī (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rukmiṇī (addressed as suvrate)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage explains to a virtuous lady that the Lord pervades the universe within and without, yet remains unattached—an image of cosmic pervasion overlaying Dvārakā’s seascape.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhu (the Lord)
• Viśva (universe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is immanent everywhere yet remains unattached; devotees should interpret events through this higher truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā Māhātmya provides the sacred setting where such theology is taught in relation to Hari’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No; it offers philosophical clarification (tattva-vicāra) to steady devotion.