Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

त्वं पतिर्योगिनामीश त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमोंकारः प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

tvaṃ patiryogināmīśa tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamoṃkāraḥ prajāpatiḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระอีศะ พระองค์ทรงเป็นจอมแห่งโยคีทั้งหลาย; สรรพสิ่งทั้งปวงตั้งมั่นอยู่ในพระองค์. พระองค์คือยัญญะเอง; พระองค์คือถ้อยวศัฏ; พระองค์คือโอมการะ; พระองค์คือปรชาปติ.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पतिः: lord
• पतिः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• योगिनाम्: of yogins
• योगिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• ईश: O Lord
• ईश: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• त्वयि: in you
• त्वयि: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject of pratiṣṭhitam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: is established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभावः (is established)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वषट्कारः: the vaṣaṭ-call
• वषट्कारः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वषट्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ओंकारः: the syllable Oṃ
• ओंकारः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रजापतिः: Lord of creatures (Prajāpati)
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजानां पतिः)

Speaker

Candra (Soma / Niśākara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee or a host of devas offers a Vedic yajña into a blazing altar; above the flames appears Śiva as the all-pervading presence, with Oṃ radiating, and ritual implements dissolving into his form.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśa)
• Yogins
• Yajña
• Vaṣaṭkāra
• Oṃkāra
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is affirmed as the ground of all reality and the essence of both yogic realization and Vedic ritual—uniting jñāna, yoga, and yajña.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such comprehensive praise of Śiva arises in response to his direct presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse sacralizes ritual elements (yajña, vaṣaṭ, oṃkāra) by identifying them with Śiva.