Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
नान्यं देवमहं मन्ये त्वां मुक्त्वा वृषभध्वजम् । नान्यस्य विद्यते शक्तिरीदृशी धरणीतले
Transliteration
nānyaṃ devamahaṃ manye tvāṃ muktvā vṛṣabhadhvajam | nānyasya vidyate śaktirīdṛśī dharaṇītale
Translation
「我は汝、牛旗の主をおいて他の神を思わぬ。地上にこれほどの力を持つ者は他にいない。」
Word by Word
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
अन्यम्another
अन्यम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; देव-विशेषण
देवम्god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
मन्येthink, consider
मन्ये:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
मुक्त्वाleaving aside, except
मुक्त्वा:
Sambandha (Exclusion/अपवाद)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund) विशेषार्थे ‘विना/except’
वृषभध्वजम्the one whose banner is a bull (Śiva)
वृषभध्वजम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक); वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य (शिवः)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः (possessive epithet)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
अन्यस्यof another (one)
अन्यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
विद्यतेexists
विद्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; भावे प्रयोग (exists)
शक्तिःpower
शक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ईदृशीsuch, like this
ईदृशी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; शक्ति-विशेषण
धरणीतलेon the surface of the earth
धरणीतले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
The sage/devotee (addressing Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The sage, hands folded, addresses the unseen or partially revealed Śiva, praising him as Vṛṣabhadhvaja and declaring no other deity equals his power on earth.
Characters & Entities
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Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)FAQs
Recognition of the supreme divine power culminates in exclusive devotion (ananya-bhakti) toward Śiva.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as a place where Śiva’s supremacy is realized and proclaimed.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse is a devotional confession and hymn-like praise.