Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
Devanagari script
त्वया किं जप्यते देव संदेहयति मे मनः । त्वमेकः सर्व भूतानामादिकृत्सकलेश्वरः
Transliteration
tvayā kiṃ japyate deva saṃdehayati me manaḥ | tvamekaḥ sarva bhūtānāmādikṛtsakaleśvaraḥ
Translation
ഹേ ദേവാ, നീ എന്താണ് ജപിക്കുന്നത്? എന്റെ മനസ്സ് സംശയത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു; കാരണം നീയേ സകലഭൂതങ്ങളുടെയും ആദികർത്താവും സർവേശ്വരനും ആകുന്നു.
Word by Word
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; करण/कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे ‘by you/with you’
किम्what
किम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम; ‘what’
जप्यतेis recited
जप्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jap (जप् धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive) = ‘is being recited’
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन
संदेहयतिcauses doubt
संदेहयति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dih (देह्/दिह् धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘causes doubt/makes (one) doubt’
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘my/of me’
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘you’
एकःone, alone
एकः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
सर्वall
सर्व:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचनस्य विशेषणम्; ‘of all’ (qualifying भूतानाम्)
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘of beings’
आदिकृत्primeval creator
आदिकृत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (कृ धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्तः—कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कर्तरि) ‘maker’; तत्पुरुषः (आदिं करोति) = ‘primeval creator’
सकलेश्वरःlord of all
सकलेश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsakala (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सकलः ईश्वरः) = ‘lord of all’
Speaker
Pārvatī
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pārvatī speaks with reverent wonder, hands slightly raised in inquiry; Śiva remains tranquil, mālā in hand, embodying both supreme lordship and humble practice.
Characters & Entities
P
PārvatīŚ
ŚivaFAQs
The verse frames a devotional inquiry: if the Supreme is complete, His japa becomes a sacred exemplar for seekers.
The tīrtha is not specified in this verse; the teaching occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
Japa (mantra repetition) is explicitly referenced.