Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवमये देवि सर्वतीर्थमये शुभे । दातारं पूजयानं मां ब्रह्मलोकं नय स्वयम्

Transliteration

sarvadevamaye devi sarvatīrthamaye śubhe | dātāraṃ pūjayānaṃ māṃ brahmalokaṃ naya svayam

Translation

Ô Déesse de bon augure, qui contiens tous les dieux et tous les tīrtha : conduis-moi, moi qui Te vénère comme dispensatrice de dāna, par Ta propre puissance, jusqu’au monde de Brahmā.

Word by Word

• सर्वदेवमये: O (goddess) consisting of all gods
• सर्वदेवमये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-देव-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + देव + मय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (locative of address/संबोधनार्थे सप्तमी)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• सर्वतीर्थमये: O (goddess) consisting of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थमये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तीर्थ + मय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (locative of address/संबोधनार्थे सप्तमी)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• दातारम्: the giver/donor
• दातारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• पूजयानम्: worshipping
• पूजयानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजयत् (कृदन्त; धातु √पूज् (पूजायाम्) + शतृ/शानच् → पूजयान)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तम् (present participle, Ātmanepada sense)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गन्तव्यस्थानम्

• नय: lead (take)
• नय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु; √नी (नयने))
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• स्वयम्: yourself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

Speaker

Ritual practitioner/devotee (prayer within the Kapilā worship and gifting rite)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kapilā as sarva-tīrtha-mayī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kapilā appears as a luminous, auspicious presence containing within her subtle forms of many devas and tīrthas; a devotee offers worship and charity, praying to be led to Brahmaloka.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā (Devī)
• Sarva-devatā (all gods)
• Sarva-tīrtha (all pilgrimage sites)
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity united with worship at a sacred locus is portrayed as a direct path to exalted posthumous realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, framed as a place where a single rite can equal the merit of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The donor worships Kapilā and petitions for the fruit (phala) of the rite—attainment of Brahmaloka.