Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

जगद्भगवतो रूपं व्यक्तमेत त्पुरद्विषः । मिथो विभिन्नमित्येतदभिन्नं पुनरीश्वरात्

Transliteration

jagadbhagavato rūpaṃ vyaktameta tpuradviṣaḥ | mitho vibhinnamityetadabhinnaṃ punarīśvarāt

Translation

ຈັກກະວານທີ່ປາກົດນີ້ ແມ່ນຮູບອົງຂອງພຣະພະຄະວານ—ຜູ້ທຳລາຍເມືອງສາມ; ແມ່ນຈະເຫັນຄືວ່າແຍກກັນ ແຕ່ກໍບໍ່ແຍກຈາກພຣະອີສະວະຣະສູງສຸດ.

Word by Word

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• भगवतः: of the Lord
• भगवतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• व्यक्तम्: manifest
• व्यक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण (adjective) रूपम्-शब्दस्य

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• पुरद्विषः: of Puradviṣ (Śiva, destroyer of the triple cities)
• पुरद्विषः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरद्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); समासः—पुर + द्विष् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; 'destroyer/enemy of the cities')

• मिथः: mutually, with one another
• मिथः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्परार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (reciprocal adverb)

• भिन्नम्: different, separate
• भिन्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण (adjective) एतत्-शब्दस्य

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-suchaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• एतत्: this (view/statement)
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); सर्वनाम

• अभिन्नम्: not different, non-separate
• अभिन्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण (adjective) एतत्-शब्दस्य

• पुनः: again, rather
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• ईश्वरात्: from the Lord
• ईश्वरात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

Speaker

Unspecified (doctrinal statement aligning cosmology with Śaiva non-dual intimacy)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: Tripurāntaka (Śiva) stands cosmic, with the universe—beings, elements, sun and moon—emerging as his body; yet the scene shows apparent divisions dissolving into a single luminous Śiva-tattva.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Puradviṣ (Tripurāntaka Śiva)
• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

See the cosmos as Śiva’s manifestation; apparent multiplicity does not negate the Lord’s underlying unity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, framed as a place where Śaiva vision of the world as Īśvara’s form is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it provides a metaphysical foundation supporting worship and yajña.