Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वजगद्विधात्रे सर्वत्र सर्वात्मक सर्वकर्त्रे । नमो भवायास्तु नमोऽभवाय नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वगताय नित्यम्

Transliteration

namo'stu te sarvajagadvidhātre sarvatra sarvātmaka sarvakartre | namo bhavāyāstu namo'bhavāya namo'stu te sarvagatāya nityam

Translation

ହେ ସର୍ବଜଗତ୍‌ର ବିଧାତା, ସର୍ବତ୍ର ବ୍ୟାପ୍ତ, ସର୍ବାତ୍ମା ଓ ସର୍ବକର୍ତ୍ତା—ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ନମସ୍କାର। ଭବକୁ ନମସ୍କାର, ଅଭବକୁ ନମସ୍କାର; ସର୍ବଗତ ନିତ୍ୟ ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ସଦା ପ୍ରଣାମ।

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वजगद्विधात्रे: to the ordainer/creator of all worlds
• सर्वजगद्विधात्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + जगत् + विधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सर्वात्मक: to the one whose self is all / all-souled
• सर्वात्मक: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + आत्मन् + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वकर्त्रे: to the doer of all
• सर्वकर्त्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• भवाय: to Bhava (Śiva)
• भवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• अभवाय: to Abhava (the non-becoming/unchanging one)
• अभवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana/भाव (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वगताय: to the all-pervading one
• सर्वगताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + गत (कृत्/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, विशेषण

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala/Avyaya (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time/manner; accusative used adverbially)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha / Somēśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (implied) and pilgrims/hearers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (or Devī) offers namaskāra before Somnātha-liṅga; behind, the sea-coast aura of Prabhāsa, with a cosmic vision of Śiva pervading all directions, hinting at bhava/abhava as light and shadow dissolving into one radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava
• Abhava
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is affirmed as both immanent and transcendent—the universal agent and the all-pervading reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the stuti supports the forthcoming Somēśvara māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the devotional practice highlighted is namaskāra (salutation) and contemplation of Śiva’s all-pervasion.