Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सर्वगो मम रूपेण सर्वतत्त्वावबोधकः । सर्वेषामायुषोरूपं भवानेव भविष्यति

Transliteration

sarvago mama rūpeṇa sarvatattvāvabodhakaḥ | sarveṣāmāyuṣorūpaṃ bhavāneva bhaviṣyati

Translation

माझ्या रूपाने सर्वत्र व्याप्त होऊन तू सर्व तत्त्वांचे बोध जागविणारा होशील; आणि सर्व प्राण्यांच्या आयुष्याचे स्वरूप तूच होशील.

Word by Word

• सर्वगः: all-pervading
• सर्वगः: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वत्र गच्छति’/‘सर्वं गच्छति’)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• रूपेण: by/with (my) form
• रूपेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सर्व-तत्त्व-अवबोधकः: knower/illuminator of all principles
• सर्व-तत्त्व-अवबोधकः: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अवबोधक (प्रातिपदिक; √बुध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वेषां तत्त्वानां अवबोधकः’)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘आयुषः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• आयुषः: of life, of lifespan
• आयुषः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; ‘रूपम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• रूपम्: the form/essence
• रूपम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• भवान्: you
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्-शब्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-प्रयोग

• एव: indeed, alone
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (probable, as the Lord confers a role in the immediately preceding verse; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The new Dikpāla stands radiant, bearing the Lord’s mark; streams of light emanate to the quarters, awakening beings to truth, while a subtle wheel/measure symbolizes lifespan and time under his guardianship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can appoint a being as an instrument of cosmic knowledge (tattva) and sustenance (āyuḥ) within the Lord’s pervading presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The overarching textual setting is Kāśī; this verse emphasizes bestowed cosmic function rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.