Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सदसद्देवि यत्किञ्चिद्बन्धमोक्षात्मकं पदम् । तत्सर्वं गुप्तया व्याप्तं त्वया काष्ठं यथाग्निना

Transliteration

sadasaddevi yatkiñcidbandhamokṣātmakaṃ padam | tatsarvaṃ guptayā vyāptaṃ tvayā kāṣṭhaṃ yathāgninā

Translation

โอ้เทวี ไม่ว่าสิ่งใดจะมีอยู่—ดีหรือร้าย—ไม่ว่าสภาวะแห่งพันธนาการหรือโมกษะ ทั้งหมดล้วนแผ่ซ่านด้วยพระองค์อย่างเร้นลับ ดุจไฟที่ซ่อนอยู่ในเนื้อไม้

Word by Word

• sat: being/real
• sat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सत्’ = अस्ति/भूतम् (the real/being) — द्वन्द्वसमुच्चयार्थे ‘असत्’ सह

• asat: non-being/unreal
• asat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘असत्’ = नास्ति/अभूतम् (the unreal/non-being)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative)

• kiñcit: anything
• kiñcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अनिश्चितपरिमाणवाचक) — ‘किञ्चित्’ = किंचित्/अल्पम्/किमपि (anything/something)

• bandha-mokṣa-ātmakam: having the nature of bondage and liberation
• bandha-mokṣa-ātmakam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bandha (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (bandha-mokṣa) इति द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपदं, ततः ‘आत्मक’ इति तत्पुरुषः — विशेषणम्, ‘पदम्’ विशेषयति

• padam: state/term/word
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पदम्’ = पद/वाक्य/तत्त्व (word/term/state)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ (that) — ‘सर्वम्’ विशेषणार्थं पूर्वपदम्

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (all)

• guptayā: by (your) hidden power
• guptayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guptā (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √gup ‘to protect/guard’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘गुप्तया’ = गुप्तशक्त्या/गूढया (by the hidden/protecting power)

• vyāptam: pervaded
• vyāptam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘व्याप्तम्’ = आवृतम्/परिपूर्णम् (pervaded)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘त्वया’ (by you)

• kāṣṭham: wood
• kāṣṭham: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान (simile subject)

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Upama-sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानवाचक) — as/just as

• agninā: by fire
• agninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; उपमेय-करण (by fire)

Speaker

Mahīpati (king) offering a stuti to Goddess Bhāratī/Sarasvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king’s hymn shifts to philosophical imagery: a forest log with hidden fire suggested within, juxtaposed with the radiant Devī as the unseen pervader of all states.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Bhāratī/Sarasvatī)
• Bandha (bondage)
• Mokṣa (liberation)
• Agni (fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine pervades all states of life—bondage and liberation—often hidden, yet ever-present within experience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The stuti belongs to a Sarasvatī tīrtha narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, linking worship at the sacred locale to insight and liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (devotional praise) that contemplates the Goddess’s all-pervading presence.