Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सिद्धांतागमवेदांतदर्शनेषु विशेषतः । तेषु चैव न भिन्नस्तु मया सार्द्धं यशस्विनि

Transliteration

siddhāṃtāgamavedāṃtadarśaneṣu viśeṣataḥ | teṣu caiva na bhinnastu mayā sārddhaṃ yaśasvini

Translation

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സിദ്ധാന്തം, ആഗമം, വേദാന്തം എന്നീ ദർശനങ്ങളിൽ ഈ സത്യം പ്രതിപാദിക്കുന്നു. അവയിലുമെല്ലാം, ഹേ യശസ്വിനി, അവൻ എനിക്കു നിന്നു യാതൊരുവിധത്തിലും ഭിന്നനല്ല.

Word by Word

• सिद्धान्तागमवेदान्तदर्शनेषु: in the systems of siddhānta, āgama, vedānta, and darśana
• सिद्धान्तागमवेदान्तदर्शनेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धान्त + आगम + वेदान्त + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (दर्शन-शब्दानुसार), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुपद-द्वन्द्वः (सिद्धान्ताः/आगमाः/वेदान्ताः/दर्शनानि) समाहारार्थे; '...-एषु' locative plural

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: 'especially')

• तेषु: in those (among them)
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• भिन्नः: different; separated
• भिन्नः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भिद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• तु: but; however
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• मया: by me; with me (contextually)
• मया: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/Agentive assoc./करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable: 'together with')

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious lady
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण संबोधन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Hari-Śiva aikya teaching locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Yaśasvinī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A doctrinal tableau: Skanda reveals to Devī a single radiant reality manifesting as both Śiva and Vāsudeva; three streams labeled Siddhānta, Āgama, Vedānta flow into one ocean of truth at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vedānta
• Āgama
• Siddhānta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches doctrinal harmony: across major traditions, the divine is ultimately non-different—expressed here as non-separation between Śiva and the referenced divinity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where sectarian boundaries are softened through a Māhātmya emphasizing unity of the supreme.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides a theological foundation for tīrtha-veneration.