Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सर्वेश्वराय देवाय परमज्योतिषे नमः । नमः स्फुटतर ज्ञानगम्याय वेधसे

Transliteration

sarveśvarāya devāya paramajyotiṣe namaḥ | namaḥ sphuṭatara jñānagamyāya vedhase

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ผู้ทรงเป็นอิศวรแห่งสรรพสิ่ง ขอนอบน้อมแด่แสงสว่างสูงสุด ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระเวธัส (ผู้สร้าง) ผู้เข้าถึงได้ด้วยญาณอันแจ่มชัดยิ่ง

Word by Word

• सर्वेश्वराय: to the Lord of all
• सर्वेश्वराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) = सर्व + ईश्वर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थ-देवताप्रत्यय (to the Lord of all)

• देवाय: to the god
• देवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• परमज्योतिषे: to the supreme light
• परमज्योतिषे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) = परम + ज्योतिस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ज्योतिस्-शब्द (to the supreme light)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (interjection of salutation)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• स्फुटतर: to the clearer (more manifest)
• स्फुटतर: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुटतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तर-प्रत्यययुक्त (comparative: clearer) — वेधसे इति विशेषण

• ज्ञानगम्याय: to the knowable by knowledge
• ज्ञानगम्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानगम्य (प्रातिपदिक) = ज्ञान + गम्य (गम्-धातु, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘ज्ञानैः गम्यः’ (knowable by knowledge) — वेधसे इति विशेषण

• वेधसे: to the creator (ordainer)
• वेधसे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; वेधस् = विधाता/ब्रह्मा/कर्ता (here: creator)

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda—liṅga-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas’ hymn shifts to metaphysics: the liṅga appears as a column of subtle radiance, suggesting supreme light; sages and devas contemplate in stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Paramajyotis
• Vedhas (Creator)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is both transcendent (supreme Light) and knowable—realized through purified, lucid knowledge that reveals the divine as the inner ordainer of creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s praise sequence surrounding the Liṅga at Vālakhilyāśrama, lending sanctity to that sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is stated; emphasis is on jñāna (spiritual knowledge) as the means of approach.