Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

निष्कले सकले देवि स्थूले सूक्ष्मे चराचरे । न तत्पश्यामि देवेशि यत्त्वया रहितं भवेत्

Transliteration

niṣkale sakale devi sthūle sūkṣme carācare | na tatpaśyāmi deveśi yattvayā rahitaṃ bhavet

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ, നിഷ്കലമായാലും സകലമായാലും, സ്ഥൂലമായാലും സൂക്ഷ്മമായാലും, ചരമായാലും അചരമായാലും—ഹേ ദേവേശീ, നിന്നില്ലാതെ നിലനിൽക്കുന്നതായി ഒന്നും ഞാൻ കാണുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• निष्कले: in the partless (aspect)
• निष्कले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular (अधिकरण)

• सकले: in the whole (aspect)
• सकले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• स्थूले: in the gross
• स्थूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सूक्ष्मे: in the subtle
• सूक्ष्मे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चराचरे: in the moving and unmoving (world)
• चराचरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular (चर-अचरयोः समाहारः)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय; negative particle

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 1st person, Singular

• देवेशि: O Lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: which (thing)
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Singular (सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय)

• त्वया: by you / with you (as reference)
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental, Singular

• रहितम्: devoid (of you)
• रहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-प्राय विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Singular (यत् इति विशेषण)

• भवेत्: might be / could exist
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (संभावना/आज्ञा), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic vision: Devī’s presence is shown permeating the gross and subtle worlds—mountains, rivers, beings, atoms—while Śiva declares that nothing exists without her.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śakti is all-pervasive; nothing in the cosmos—subtle or gross—exists apart from the Divine Feminine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is delivered within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, tying metaphysical insight to the sanctity of place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it supports contemplative worship (dhyāna) on the inseparability of Śiva and Śakti.