Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

त्वमेको भगवान्सर्वव्यापकः सर्वदेहिनाम् । पितृवद्रक्षकोऽसि त्वं माता त्वं जीवसंज्ञकः

Transliteration

tvameko bhagavānsarvavyāpakaḥ sarvadehinām | pitṛvadrakṣako'si tvaṃ mātā tvaṃ jīvasaṃjñakaḥ

Translation

พระองค์เท่านั้นคือภควาน ผู้แผ่ซ่านทั่วสรรพชีวิตทั้งปวง พระองค์ทรงคุ้มครองดุจบิดา ทรงเป็นมารดา และทรงเป็นหลักชีวิตเอง

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun, nominative, singular)

• एकः: one, single
• एकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• सर्वव्यापकः: all-pervading
• सर्वव्यापकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + व्यापक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• सर्वदेहिनाम्: of all embodied beings
• सर्वदेहिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां देहिनाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (masculine, genitive, plural)

• पितृवत्: like a father
• पितृवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पितृवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानवाचक (indeclinable of comparison: ‘like a father’)

• रक्षकः: protector
• रक्षकः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (present, 2nd person singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun, nominative, singular)

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun, nominative, singular)

• जीवसंज्ञकः: called ‘jīva’, bearing the name jīva
• जीवसंज्ञकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जीवस्य संज्ञा यस्य/जीव-संज्ञक); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

Speaker

Devatāgaṇa (gods) praising the Lord (contextual deduction from preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers stuti before the presiding deity of the tīrtha; the deity is shown as cosmic and simultaneously tender—hands in blessing, with subtle imagery of the Lord pervading all beings around (humans, animals, sages).

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Jīva (life-principle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is the inner support of all beings—protector, nurturer, and the indwelling life itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a universal theological praise within the chapter’s tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse models stuti and contemplative recognition of the all-pervading divine.