Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सर्वगे सर्वदे देवि सर्वसत्त्वमयोद्भवे । विद्यापुराणशल्यानां जननि भूतधारिणि

Transliteration

sarvage sarvade devi sarvasattvamayodbhave | vidyāpurāṇaśalyānāṃ janani bhūtadhāriṇi

Translation

ข้าแต่เทวี ผู้ไปได้ทั่วทุกแห่ง ผู้ประทานสรรพสิ่ง; ผู้บังเกิดเป็นแก่นแท้แห่งสรรพสัตว์; มารดาแห่งวิทยาและปุราณะ; ผู้ทรงค้ำจุนและหล่อเลี้ยงสรรพชีวิตทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• सर्वगे: O all-pervading
• सर्वगे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वत्र गता)

• सर्वदे: O giver of all
• सर्वदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; 'सर्वं ददाति' इत्यर्थे (giver of all)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• सर्वसत्त्वमयोद्भवे: O source arising as all beings
• सर्वसत्त्वमयोद्भवे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वसत्त्वमय (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वसत्त्वमयः उद्भवः यस्याः/यत्र)

• विद्यापुराणशल्यानाम्: of knowledges, Purāṇas, and (removing) thorns/afflictions
• विद्यापुराणशल्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (विद्या+पुराण+शल्य)

• जननि: O Mother
• जननि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• भूतधारिणि: O sustainer of beings
• भूतधारिणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भूतानि धारयति)

Speaker

Devas (collectively), continuing the hymn

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is envisioned as all-pervading mother: a vast luminous presence behind the assembly, with subtle motifs of scriptures (palm-leaf manuscripts) and living beings sheltered within her aura.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Vidyā (sacred knowledge)
• Purāṇas
• All beings (sarvasattva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All knowledge and all life are grounded in the Divine Mother; honoring her is honoring the source of dharma and understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Devī is praised as the universal sustainer and the fountainhead of sacred lore.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription in this verse; it functions as a devotional address within a larger stotra.