Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

यूयं सर्वाणि तीर्थानि क्षेत्राणि चैव कृत्स्नशः । कृष्णाज्ञया सर्वकालं तिष्ठध्वं सर्वदैवतैः

Transliteration

yūyaṃ sarvāṇi tīrthāni kṣetrāṇi caiva kṛtsnaśaḥ | kṛṣṇājñayā sarvakālaṃ tiṣṭhadhvaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ

Translation

Vous êtes tous les tīrtha et tous les kṣetra sacrés dans leur totalité. Par l’ordre de Kṛṣṇa, demeurez ici en tout temps, avec l’ensemble des divinités.

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग (pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage-places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• क्षेत्राणि: sacred regions/fields
• क्षेत्राणि: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely, in full
• कृत्स्नशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• कृष्णाज्ञया: by Krishna's command
• कृष्णाज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कृष्णस्य आज्ञा)

• सर्वकालम्: at all times
• सर्वकालम्: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (accusative used adverbially)

• तिष्ठध्वम्: stay/stand/remain
• तिष्ठध्वम्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सर्वदैवतैः: with all the deities
• सर्वदैवतैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि दैवतानि)

Speaker

Nārada (contextual; proclaiming Kṛṣṇa’s ordinance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā as sarva-tīrtha-sāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: yūyam (addressed sacred embodiments—tīrthas/kṣetras personified or the sanctifying assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa’s commanding yet compassionate gesture establishes a cosmic assembly: personified tīrthas and kṣetras (as radiant beings) stand in Dvārakā with a host of devas, indicating perpetual residence by divine decree.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Tīrtha
• Kṣetra
• Sarva-daivata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s will establishes sacred geography—Dvārakā is sanctified as a perpetual convergence of tīrthas and deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is implied as the abiding locus where all tīrthas and kṣetras are commanded to remain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed; the verse states a theological ordinance about the permanent presence of sacred powers.