Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

अहं सर्वमिदं भूतं त्वं तु देवि न संशयः । स्रष्टाऽहं तव देवेशि त्वं सृजस्यखिलं जगत्

Transliteration

ahaṃ sarvamidaṃ bhūtaṃ tvaṃ tu devi na saṃśayaḥ | sraṣṭā'haṃ tava deveśi tvaṃ sṛjasyakhilaṃ jagat

Translation

我はこの一切の生起したもの、そして汝もまた、デーヴィーよ、疑いなくそうである。汝に対して我は創造者と呼ばれ、神々の主母よ、汝は全宇宙を生み出す—ここにシヴァとシャクティの不可分の共同作用が確証される。

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate/attributive)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhūtam: being/that which exists
• bhūtam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेष/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sraṣṭā: creator
• sraṣṭā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), एकवचन

• deveśi: O Lady of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sṛjasi: create/produce
• sṛjasi: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• akhilam: entire/whole
• akhilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• jagat: world/universe
• jagat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cosmic vision: Śiva and Devī as a single luminous axis; from Devī’s dynamic radiance the worlds unfold, while Śiva’s stillness pervades them—both declaring ‘I am all’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Deveśī/Parameśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation is a unified divine act: Śiva as consciousness and Śakti as power are never separate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the sacred frame in which this cosmological praise is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.