Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अहमेव विजानामि नान्यो वेद कथंचन । अन्येषु चैव लिंगेषु अहं पूज्यः सुरासुरैः

Transliteration

ahameva vijānāmi nānyo veda kathaṃcana | anyeṣu caiva liṃgeṣu ahaṃ pūjyaḥ surāsuraiḥ

Translation

これを真に知るのは我のみであり、他の誰もいかなる仕方でも知り得ない。さらに他のリンガにおいても、我こそがデーヴァとアスラの双方に礼拝される唯一者である。

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle: only/indeed)

• विजानामि: I know
• विजानामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (वेद इति विशेष-प्रयोगः ‘knows’)

• कथंचन: in any way at all
• कथंचन: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/न्यूनतावाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb: in any way/at all)

• अन्येषु: in/among other
• अन्येषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• लिङ्गेषु: in the liṅgas
• लिङ्गेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पूज्यः: worthy to be worshipped
• पूज्यः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत् (प्रत्यय) → पूज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/भाव्य) ‘to be worshipped’

• सुरासुरैः: by gods and demons
• सुरासुरैः: Karaṇa (Agent in passive/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (सुराश्च असुराश्च)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa—Someśa/Somanātha (implied center)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares that only he knows the liṅga’s full truth; a cosmic tableau shows devas and asuras offering flowers and lamps to multiple liṅgas, all reflecting one Śiva-light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Devas
• Asuras
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is presented as the ultimate object of worship, transcending divisions—even devas and asuras revere Him through the liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of the Someśvara (Somnātha) liṅga’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies liṅga-pūjā as the universal mode of worship of Śiva, though no specific procedure is detailed here.