Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

विनाशयति सर्वं हि सर्वदेवमयो ह्ययम् । सर्वमासेष्वाधिपत्यं यस्य विष्णोः सनातनम्

Transliteration

vināśayati sarvaṃ hi sarvadevamayo hyayam | sarvamāseṣvādhipatyaṃ yasya viṣṇoḥ sanātanam

Translation

Dialah yang melarutkan segala sesuatu, sebab Ia tersusun dari semua para dewa. Kepada Viṣṇu yang abadi itulah milik kedaulatan kekal atas semua bulan.

Word by Word

• विनाशयति: destroys
• विनाशयति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नाशय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: reason/emphasis)

• सर्वदेवमयः: consisting of all gods
• सर्वदेवमयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + देव + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sarvadevāṇāṃ mayaḥ = consisting of all gods)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वमासेषु: in all months
• सर्वमासेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (sarveṣu māseṣu)

• आधिपत्यम्: sovereignty, lordship
• आधिपत्यम्: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (context: predicate nominative)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आधिपत्यं विशेषयति

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu as a cosmic sovereign holding the wheel of time; months personified in a circle around him; within his form appear multiple deities, and a gentle dissolution motif at the periphery.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sarvadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It declares Viṣṇu as the all-deity reality who governs time and also brings dissolution, inspiring constant reverence across the calendar.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes Viṣṇu’s cosmic authority relevant to tīrtha observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports month-based observances (like Cāturmāsya) by grounding them in Viṣṇu’s sovereignty over all months.