Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

स शिवः परमं व्योम अनादिनिधनो विभुः । तस्मात्परतरं नास्ति सर्वशास्त्रागमेषु च

Transliteration

sa śivaḥ paramaṃ vyoma anādinidhano vibhuḥ | tasmātparataraṃ nāsti sarvaśāstrāgameṣu ca

Translation

Dialah Śiva, Parama-vyoma—hamparan tertinggi kesadaran—tanpa awal dan tanpa akhir, Tuhan Yang Mahameresap. Dalam semua śāstra dan āgama pun dinyatakan: tiada yang lebih tinggi daripada-Nya.

Word by Word

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• व्योम: sky; highest space (brahman-like expanse)
• व्योम: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनादिनिधनः: beginningless and endless
• अनादिनिधनः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि + निधन (प्रातिपदिक); न-उपसर्ग/नञ्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (negating determinative): 'आदिः न यस्य'/'निधनं न यस्य'

• विभुः: the all-pervading Lord
• विभुः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: than him; from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• परतरम्: higher; superior (thing)
• परतरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: exists; is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वशास्त्रागमेषु: in all śāstras and āgamas (scriptures and traditions)
• सर्वशास्त्रागमेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + शास्त्र + आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (शास्त्राणि च आगमाः च) with 'सर्व' as पूर्वपद-विशेषण

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

Speaker

Śiva (self-referential theological declaration within Śiva–Pārvatī context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha / Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Somnātha liṅga set against an infinite sky-ocean horizon; Śiva is visualized as boundless ‘parama-vyoma’, with no beginning or end; scriptures and āgamas appear as personified sages offering testimony.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It asserts Śiva as the unsurpassed, beginningless and endless supreme principle affirmed by both scriptural and āgamic traditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is placed within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, grounding the site’s greatness in the doctrine of Śiva’s supreme status.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal proclamation supporting the sanctity of the kṣetra.