Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स चापि भगवाञ्छम्भुर्निष्कामः परमेश्वरः । जगद्व्याप्तिं समाश्रित्य सर्वप्राणिषु वर्तते

Transliteration

sa cāpi bhagavāñchambhurniṣkāmaḥ parameśvaraḥ | jagadvyāptiṃ samāśritya sarvaprāṇiṣu vartate

Translation

ಆದರೆ ಆ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಶಂಭು ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರನು ನಿಷ್ಕಾಮನೇ. ಜಗತ್ತಿನೆಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳೊಳಗೂ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• śambhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhuḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• niṣkāmaḥ: desireless
• niṣkāmaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying śambhuḥ)

• parameśvaraḥ: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• jagadvyāptim: the pervasion of the world
• jagadvyāptim: Karma (Object of gerund/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + vyāpti (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the world' + 'pervasion')

• samāśritya: having resorted to
• samāśritya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having resorted to'

• sarvaprāṇiṣu: in all living beings
• sarvaprāṇiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + prāṇin (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन (plural); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासार्थ (all + living beings)

• vartate: abides/exists
• vartate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama (as teaching-site)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (pārthiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva stands serene and unaffected amid chaos; the scene shifts from external action to an inner cosmic vision—Śiva as all-pervading presence within every creature.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Parameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is portrayed as transcendently desireless and immanent in all life—uniting devotion with a universal, all-pervading theology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single geographical tīrtha is specified; the verse universalizes Śiva’s presence beyond place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is primarily a doctrinal statement about Śiva’s nature.