Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
Devanagari script
एतदेव परं ब्रह्म द्वादशाक्षररूपधृक् । मया प्रकाशितं देवि स्कन्दे हि विमलं तव
Transliteration
etadeva paraṃ brahma dvādaśākṣararūpadhṛk | mayā prakāśitaṃ devi skande hi vimalaṃ tava
Translation
これこそが至上のブラフマンであり、十二音節の真言の姿を帯びる。おお女神よ、我は汝のために、スカンダの伝統において、清浄無垢なるままこれを顕した。
Word by Word
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/Topic)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Neuter pronoun, Nom/Acc, Singular)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
परम्supreme
परम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)
ब्रह्मBrahman; the Absolute
ब्रह्म:
Karta/Pradhāna (Subject/Predicate-noun)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
द्वादशाक्षररूपधृक्bearing the form of the twelve-syllabled (mantra)
द्वादशाक्षररूपधृक्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादश + अक्षर + रूप + धृ (धातु) → धृक् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्तः (धृ धातोः क्विप्), ‘धारयति’ इति (Masculine, Nom, Singular; present participial agent-noun)
मयाby me
मया:
Karta (Agent, instrumental in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (1st-person pronoun, Instrumental, Singular)
प्रकाशितम्revealed; made known
प्रकाशितम्:
Karma (Object in passive)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + काश् (धातु) → प्रकाशित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; past passive participle)
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)
स्कन्देin (the section called) Skanda
स्कन्दे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)
हिindeed; for
हि:
Nipāta (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतुबोधक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)
विमलम्pure; spotless
विमलम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविमल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (2nd-person pronoun, Genitive, Singular)
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A narrator reveals to Devī a radiant mantra-form: twelve syllables arranged as a luminous body of Brahman; the scene is suffused with white-gold purity.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaD
DevīP
Para BrahmanD
Dvādaśākṣara (twelve-syllable mantra)FAQs
The mantra is not merely a tool; it is identified with the Supreme Reality itself.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as doctrinal revelation within the tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
It authorizes reverent contemplation and use of the dvādaśākṣara as a direct form of Brahman.