Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सर्वे शिवमया लोकाः शिवे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । तस्माच्छिवं यजेद्विद्वान्य इच्छेच्छ्रियमात्मनः

Transliteration

sarve śivamayā lokāḥ śive sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | tasmācchivaṃ yajedvidvānya icchecchriyamātmanaḥ

Translation

സകല ലോകങ്ങളും ശിവമയമാണ്; ശിവനിൽ എല്ലാം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതമാണ്. അതിനാൽ സ്വശ്രി-സമൃദ്ധി ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന ജ്ഞാനി ശിവനെ ആരാധിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लोकाः)

• शिव-मयाः: filled with / consisting of Śiva
• शिव-मयाः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण: ‘शिवेन मयाः’ (consisting of Śiva)

• लोकाः: worlds
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• शिवे: in Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: is established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (predicative)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ पञ्चमी-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• यजेत्: should worship
• यजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विद्वान्: a wise person
• विद्वान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेष्य (agent noun: ‘wise man’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• इच्छेत्: should desire
• इच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रियम्: prosperity, fortune
• श्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (munis/śaunaka-type assembly in Purāṇic convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic vision of the worlds suffused with Śiva’s presence; a sage points to a radiant liṅga as the axis of existence, with Prabhāsa’s seashore-temple landscape faintly behind.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the all-pervading foundation; worship aligned with this truth yields both worldly welfare and spiritual stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a universal Śaiva teaching embedded within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-yajana—worship of Śiva (general prescription, not a detailed procedure).