Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

त्वया मया च देवेशि ओतप्रोतमिदं जगत् । एकधा दशधा चैव तथा शतसहस्रधा

Transliteration

tvayā mayā ca deveśi otaprotamidaṃ jagat | ekadhā daśadhā caiva tathā śatasahasradhā

Translation

హే దేవేశి! నీచేత, నాచేత ఈ జగత్తు ఓతప్రోతమై నేయబడింది. ఇది ఏకరూపంగా, దశరూపంగా, అలాగే శతసహస్ర రూపాలుగా కూడా వ్యక్తమవుతుంది॥

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य-प्रयोग), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य-प्रयोग), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• deveśi: O goddess, mistress of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• otaprotam: interwoven, thoroughly pervaded
• otaprotam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ota + prota (कृदन्त; √ve/√vā?—प्रचलित प्रयोग ‘ओत-प्रोत’ स्थिर-समासवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण ‘जगत्’ इत्यस्य

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘जगत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ekadhā: in one way
• ekadhā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eka + dhā (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• daśadhā: in ten ways
• daśadhā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: daśa + dhā (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘तद्वत्/एवम्’ इत्यर्थे (adverb)

• śatasahasradhā: in hundreds and thousands of ways
• śatasahasradhā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śata + sahasra + dhā (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्यावाचक-प्रकारवाचक (adverb: in hundreds and thousands of ways)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic loom: threads of light from Śiva and Devī interlace to form worlds; the tapestry shows ‘one’ at center branching into ten, then hundreds and thousands as patterns.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Deveśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is a seamless fabric of the divine pair; multiplicity is a pattern of the One, not a separation from it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the tīrtha context that frames this teaching as part of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual or charity is stated.