Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

मंत्राधिराजराजोऽयं सर्ववेदांतशेखरः । सर्वज्ञाननिधानं च सोऽयं चैव षडक्षरः

Transliteration

maṃtrādhirājarājo'yaṃ sarvavedāṃtaśekharaḥ | sarvajñānanidhānaṃ ca so'yaṃ caiva ṣaḍakṣaraḥ

Translation

มนตร์นี้เป็นจักรพรรดิเหนือเจ้าแห่งมนตร์ทั้งปวง เป็นยอดมงกุฎแห่งเวทานตะทั้งสิ้น และเป็นคลังแห่งสรรพวิชา—นี่เองคือมนตร์หกพยางค์

Word by Word

• मन्त्राधिराजराजः: king of the kings of mantras (supreme mantra)
• मन्त्राधिराजराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिराज (प्रातिपदिक) + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—मन्त्राणाम् अधिराजः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + अधिराजस्य राजः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• सर्ववेदान्तशेखरः: crest-jewel of all Vedānta teachings
• सर्ववेदान्तशेखरः: Predicate nominal (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + शेखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—सर्वेषां वेदान्तानां शेखरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सर्वज्ञाननिधानम्: treasury of all knowledge
• सर्वज्ञाननिधानम्: Predicate nominal (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—सर्वस्य ज्ञानस्य निधानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सः: that (he/it)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• षडक्षरः: the six-syllabled (mantra)
• षडक्षरः: Predicate nominal (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—षड् अक्षराणि यस्य/षडक्षरः (नाम)

Speaker

Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator in Brahmottara-khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/compilational voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic throne-room of mantras: the ṣaḍakṣara enthroned as a radiant crown-jewel atop a stylized ‘Vedānta’ mountain; streams of light labeled as Vedas converge into the mantra, forming a treasury-chest of knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Vedānta
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse ranks the six-syllabled mantra as supreme—uniting mantra-practice with Vedāntic knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred geography is referenced; the glorification is doctrinal (mantra and Vedānta).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice and reverence for the ṣaḍakṣara mantra; no auxiliary rite is specified.