Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

सर्वत्रगं तं सा देवी त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

sarvatragaṃ taṃ sā devī trailokye sacarācare

Translation

Aquela Deusa procurou aquele que se move por toda parte, através dos três mundos, com tudo o que é móvel e imóvel.

Word by Word

• सर्वत्रगम्: all-pervading
• सर्वत्रगम्: Karma (Object qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (going everywhere)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three worlds)

• स-चर-अचरे: with all moving and unmoving beings
• स-चर-अचरे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (moving and unmoving) with सह- (together with)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trailokya (cosmic field)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess extends her awareness and pursuit through the three worlds—earth, mid-region, and heaven—scanning all beings and all that is still; a cosmic panorama with layered realms and countless life-forms.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Trailokya
• Sarvatraga (epithet of the asura/being sought)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

No hiding place exists from divine awareness; the sacred order pervades all realms—moving and unmoving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is cosmological (trailokya) within the Dharmāraṇya narrative; it does not highlight a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.