Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । त्वमग्ने सर्वभूतानामंतश्चरसि पावक । त्वया हीनं जगत्सर्वं नाशं यास्यति सत्वरम्

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | tvamagne sarvabhūtānāmaṃtaścarasi pāvaka | tvayā hīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ nāśaṃ yāsyati satvaram

Translation

ದೇವರು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ಅಗ್ನೇ, ಹೇ ಪಾವಕ! ನೀನು ಸರ್ವಭೂತಗಳ ಅಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತೀ; ನಿನ್ನಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಈ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜಗತ್ತು ಶೀಘ್ರ ನಾಶವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುವುದು।

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — they said

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन — vocative

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्वभूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि भूतानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन — genitive

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अन्तर्बोधक) — adverb ‘within’

• चरसि: you move, pervade
• चरसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — you move/roam

• पावक: O purifier (Agni)
• पावक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन — vocative (epithet of Agni)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन — instrumental

• हीनम्: devoid (of), lacking
• हीनम्: Karmadharaya/Predicate (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन — predicate adjective agreeing with जगत्

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन — adjective agreeing with जगत्

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• यास्यति: will go to, will meet
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — will go/attain

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb of manner

Speaker

Devas

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Agni is not merely external fire; he is the inner principle sustaining life and order—without him, creation collapses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is theological rather than topographical; it occurs in the Arbuda region narrative, near a sacred water-source (nirjhara) context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports Agni-upāsanā through recognition of Agni’s all-pervading role.