Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मत्तोऽप्यनंतात्परतः परस्मात्समस्तभूताधिपतेर्न किंचित् । तेषां किमुस्यादितरेण येषां द्विजेश्वराणां मम मार्गवादिनाम्

Transliteration

matto'pyanaṃtātparataḥ parasmātsamastabhūtādhipaterna kiṃcit | teṣāṃ kimusyāditareṇa yeṣāṃ dvijeśvarāṇāṃ mama mārgavādinām

Translation

ମୋଠାରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରେ—ଅନନ୍ତଠାରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରେ—ସମସ୍ତ ଭୂତଙ୍କ ଅଧିପତି ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଠାରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରେ—କିଛି ନାହିଁ। ଯେ ଦ୍ୱିଜେଶ୍ୱରମାନେ ମୋ ମାର୍ଗ ପ୍ରଚାର କରନ୍ତି, ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅନ୍ୟ କିଛିର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା କ’ଣ?

Word by Word

• mattaḥ: than me/from me
• mattaḥ: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भावक अव्यय (also/even)

• anantāt: than the Infinite (Ananta)
• anantāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन

• parataḥ: beyond/further
• parataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (comparative adverb: beyond/further)

• parasmāt: than the Supreme/other
• parasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन

• samasta-bhūta-adhipateḥ: than the lord of all beings
• samasta-bhūta-adhipateḥ: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (समस्तानां भूतानाम् अधिपतिः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• u: indeed/then
• u: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: u (अव्यय)
• Form: अनुनासिक/नूनार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• syāt: could be/would be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• itareṇa: by another/with someone else
• itareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: itara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया एकवचन

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• dvija-īśvarāṇām: of the lords among the twice-born
• dvija-īśvarāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानाम् ईश्वराः)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mārga-vādinām: of those who speak/teach my path
• mārga-vādinām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक) + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मार्गं वदन्ति ये)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijendra/brāhmaṇa-lords

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-like figure speaks with calm certainty to brāhmaṇa-lords; the background suggests cosmic vastness—layers of infinity and the Supreme—yet the speaker’s path is presented as complete; brāhmaṇas hold manuscripts and rosaries.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ultimate refuge is the Supreme Lord; those devoted to and teaching that path lack nothing essential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is theological, praising adherence to the Lord’s path.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes devotion to and proclamation of the proper mārga (path).