Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

अंडस्थं चांडबाह्यस्थं बाह्यमभ्यंतरं परम् । सर्वशक्तिमयं शुभ्रं सर्वालंकारसंयुतम्

Transliteration

aṃḍasthaṃ cāṃḍabāhyasthaṃ bāhyamabhyaṃtaraṃ param | sarvaśaktimayaṃ śubhraṃ sarvālaṃkārasaṃyutam

Translation

അവൻ പരമനെ ദർശിച്ചു—അണ്ഡത്തിനുള്ളിലും ഉള്ളവനെയും, അണ്ഡത്തിന് പുറത്തും ഉള്ളവനെയും; ബാഹ്യവും അന്തര്യാമിയും, സർവാതീതനും—സർവശക്തിമയൻ, ശുഭ്ര-പ്രകാശമാൻ, എല്ലാ ദിവ്യ അലങ്കാരങ്ങളാലും സംയുക്തൻ.

Word by Word

• अण्ड: in the cosmic egg (universe)
• अण्ड: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neuter, locative, singular)

• स्थम्: situated, abiding
• स्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction ‘and’)

• अण्ड: of the cosmic egg
• अण्ड: Samāsa-pūrvapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (समासे), एकवचन (neuter, genitive in compound, singular)

• बाह्य: external
• बाह्य: Samāsa-pūrvapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (समासे), एकवचन (neuter, nominative in compound, singular)

• स्थम्: situated outside (the universe)
• स्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• बाह्यम्: external
• बाह्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• अभ्यन्तरम्: internal
• अभ्यन्तरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• परम्: supreme, beyond
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Samāsa-pūrvapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (समासे), एकवचन (neuter, nominative in compound, singular)

• शक्ति: power
• शक्ति: Samāsa-pūrvapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (समासे), एकवचन (feminine, nominative in compound, singular)

• मयम्: full of all powers
• मयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; -मय-प्रत्ययान्त (neuter, accusative, singular; ‘consisting of/filled with’)

• शुभ्रम्: bright, pure, white
• शुभ्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Samāsa-pūrvapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (समासे), एकवचन (neuter, nominative in compound, singular)

• अलंकार: ornament
• अलंकार: Samāsa-pūrvapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (समासे), एकवचन (masculine, nominative in compound, singular)

• संयुतम्: endowed with all ornaments
• संयुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग सम्-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (neuter, accusative, singular; past participle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king beholds a radiant, pure Supreme presence that is both inside the cosmic egg and beyond it—suggested by a luminous figure standing before a translucent brahmāṇḍa sphere, with ornaments signifying manifold powers.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is simultaneously immanent (within all) and transcendent (beyond all), embodying every śakti and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa region, presented as a place where supreme divine vision is granted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it focuses on the nature of the revealed divine form.