Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

त्वं दुर्गा त्वं मनिर्मेधा त्वं सर्वं त्वं वसुन्धरा । त्वया सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

Transliteration

tvaṃ durgā tvaṃ manirmedhā tvaṃ sarvaṃ tvaṃ vasundharā | tvayā sarvamidaṃ vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

Translation

พระองค์คือทุรคา พระองค์คือมณีเมธา คือปัญญาอันประเสริฐ พระองค์คือทุกสิ่ง พระองค์คือวสุธรา คือแผ่นดินเอง. ด้วยพระองค์นี้เอง ทุกสิ่งแผ่ซ่านไปทั่ว—ไตรโลกพร้อมทั้งสิ่งที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหว.

Word by Word

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

• दुर्गा: Durgā
• दुर्गा: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

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

• मणिः: jewel
• मणिः: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• मेधा: intelligence
• मेधा: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

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

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

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

• वसुन्धरा: Vasundharā / earth
• वसुन्धरा: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक) + धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (वसून् धरति = bearer of riches; earth)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• व्याप्तम्: is pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (pervaded)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः = the three worlds)

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving
• सचराचरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (चर + अचर = moving and unmoving) पूर्वपद 'स-' = सहित (with)

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī as Durgā stands vast, her form blending into the cosmos: earth beneath, stars above, the three worlds layered; her gaze encompasses moving and unmoving beings, suggesting omnipresence.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Durgā
• Trailokya
• Vasundharā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī is immanent in all existence—protector, wisdom, and the very ground of the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the hymn frames the kṣetra as a locus to realize Devī’s all-pervading presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports contemplative remembrance (smaraṇa) of Devī’s pervasion.