Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवमयी त्वं तु सर्वलोकमयी तथा । विधिना ये प्रदास्यन्ति तेषां वासस्त्रिविष्टपे

Transliteration

sarvadevamayī tvaṃ tu sarvalokamayī tathā | vidhinā ye pradāsyanti teṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape

Translation

ତୁମେ ସର୍ବଦେବମୟୀ ଏବଂ ସର୍ବଲୋକମୟୀ ମଧ୍ୟ। ଯେମାନେ ବିଧିଅନୁସାରେ ତୁମକୁ ଅର୍ପଣ କରିବେ, ସେମାନଙ୍କର ବାସ ତ୍ରିବିଷ୍ଟପ (ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ)ରେ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• सर्वदेवमयी: consisting of all gods
• सर्वदेवमयी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + देव + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वे देवाः यस्यां मयाः/मयी)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधानार्थक/विरोधार्थक-निपात

• सर्वलोकमयी: consisting of all worlds
• सर्वलोकमयी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लोक + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वे लोकाः यस्यां मयाः/मयी)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'likewise')

• विधिना: according to rule/with proper rite
• विधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विधि=नियम/विधान

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• प्रदास्यन्ति: will give
• प्रदास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• त्रिविष्टपे: in Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः विष्टपाः/स्तराः यस्मिन्)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Kapilā

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kapilā/Revā appears as a radiant embodiment of all gods and worlds; devotees offer water, lamps, flowers on the riverbank; above, Triviṣṭapa (heaven) is hinted as a luminous realm attained by the righteous.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sarvadeva
• Sarvaloka
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship offered with proper observance (vidhi) to the all-encompassing Devī yields merit and exalted spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references Triviṣṭapa (svarga) as the fruit; the earthly tīrtha-setting remains the Revā Khaṇḍa context rather than a single named site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It mentions giving/offerings to the Devī ‘according to vidhi’ (proper injunction), implying regulated pūjā and dāna.