Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सर्वैकवंद्या सर्वाद्या सर्वदा सर्वसंकृतिः । परिकल्प्येति तां मूर्तिमीश्वरीं शुद्धरूपिणीम्

Transliteration

sarvaikavaṃdyā sarvādyā sarvadā sarvasaṃkṛtiḥ | parikalpyeti tāṃ mūrtimīśvarīṃ śuddharūpiṇīm

Translation

അവൾ എല്ലാവർക്കും ഏകവന്ദ്യ, ആദിസ്രോതസ്സ്, സദാ നിലനിൽക്കുന്നവൾ, സർവസൃഷ്ടിയുടെ ക്രമവ്യവസ്ഥാശക്തി. ഇങ്ങനെ അവർ ആ ശുദ്ധസ്വരൂപിണിയായ ഈശ്വരിയെ മൂർത്തിരൂപമായി പരികൽപ്പിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सर्वैकवंद्या: venerable to all
• सर्वैकवंद्या: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्द्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वन्द्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ('venerable by all/uniquely venerable for all')

• सर्वाद्या: the primordial (first of all)
• सर्वाद्या: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ('first of all')

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सर्वसंकृतिः: the all-formation; total creation
• सर्वसंकृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + संकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ('the total/complete formation/creation')

• परिकल्प्य: having fashioned/after arranging
• परिकल्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + कॢप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having arranged/after forming'

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति-बोधक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ताम्: her/that (form)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मूर्तिम्: form
• मूर्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ईश्वरीम्: the Goddess; the sovereign lady
• ईश्वरीम्: Karma (Apposition to object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुद्धरूपिणीम्: of pure form
• शुद्धरूपिणीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय ('pure-formed', i.e., whose form is pure)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī enthroned as the cosmic sovereign, surrounded by representatives of all beings offering reverence; behind her, a subtle mandala suggesting cosmic order and sacred rites.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvarī
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tradition speaks of the one supreme power as Īśvarī—origin and sustainer—conceived in a pure manifest form for devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting associates this vision of Īśvarī with Kāśī’s sacred identity as a place of worship and realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific vrata or rite is stated in this verse.