Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

किं वच्मि लोकेश सुकीर्त्तिमद्य ते वेधास्त्वदीयांगजपद्मसंभवः । विश्वं निविष्टं च ततो ददर्श वटस्य पत्रे हि यथो वटो मतः

Transliteration

kiṃ vacmi lokeśa sukīrttimadya te vedhāstvadīyāṃgajapadmasaṃbhavaḥ | viśvaṃ niviṣṭaṃ ca tato dadarśa vaṭasya patre hi yatho vaṭo mataḥ

Translation

Что могу я ныне сказать о твоей благой славе, о Владыка миров? Даже Брахма — рожденный из лотоса, возникшего из твоего тела, — узрел всю вселенную, пребывающую в тебе, словно сам баньян виден в одном-единственном его листе.

Word by Word

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun)

• vacmi: do I say
• vacmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• lokeśa: O Lord of the world
• lokeśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (लोकानाम् ईशः)

• sukīrtim: good fame
• sukīrtim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-kīrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सु + कीर्तिः)

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• vedhāḥ: Brahmā (the Creator)
• vedhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ब्रह्मा-वाचक नाम

• tvadīya: your
• tvadīya: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvadīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (possessive adjective)

• aṅga-ja: born from (your) body
• aṅga-ja: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अङ्गात् जातम्)

• padma-saṃbhavaḥ: lotus-born (Brahmā)
• padma-saṃbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पद्मात् सम्भवः)

• viśvam: the universe
• viśvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• niviṣṭam: entered/contained
• niviṣṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√viś (विश्, धातु) + kta
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to viśvam)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/ततः इति अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• vaṭasya: of the banyan tree
• vaṭasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• patre: on/in a leaf
• patre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-प्राय (emphatic)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Upamana (Comparison marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• vaṭaḥ: the banyan (tree)
• vaṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mataḥ: is considered/was thought
• mataḥ: Kriya (Predicative complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √man (मन्, धातु) + kta
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicative)

Speaker

A woman devotee (speaker not named in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, lotus-born, beholds the entire cosmos contained within the Lord—like a banyan tree mirrored within a single banyan leaf; a paradox of scale rendered as divine vision.

Characters & Entities

• Lokeśa (as Rāma/Viṣṇu)
• Brahmā (Vedhās)
• Lotus (Padma)
• Banyan (Vaṭa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme Lord is the container of all creation; even the creator-god perceives the cosmos as resting within Him.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a metaphysical praise within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal stuti emphasizing the Lord’s cosmic nature.