Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवरहस्यानां सर्वसत्त्ववतां शुभे । त्वमेव शरणं देवि विद्याऽविद्ये श्रियेऽश्रिये

Transliteration

sarvadevarahasyānāṃ sarvasattvavatāṃ śubhe | tvameva śaraṇaṃ devi vidyā'vidye śriye'śriye

Translation

ข้าแต่ผู้เป็นมงคล พระองค์คือแก่นลับแห่งเทพทั้งปวงและสรรพสัตว์ทั้งหลาย ข้าแต่เทวี พระองค์เท่านั้นคือที่พึ่ง—ทั้งเป็นวิทยาและอวิทยา ทั้งเป็นศรีคือโชค และอศรีคือเคราะห์ร้าย

Word by Word

• सर्वदेवरहस्यानाम्: of all the secrets/mysteries of the gods
• सर्वदेवरहस्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-देव-रहस्य (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: सर्व + देव + रहस्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (देवानां रहस्यानि)

• सर्वसत्त्ववताम्: of all virtuous beings (possessing goodness)
• सर्वसत्त्ववताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-सत्त्ववत् (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: सर्व + सत्त्ववत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सत्त्ववत्-शब्दः), षष्ठीविभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां सत्त्ववताम्)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण देवीसम्बोधनम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person), प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Pradhāna (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (1st/2nd; Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; अत्र विधेय (predicate nominative)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• विद्या: knowledge
• विद्या: Pradhāna (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-युग्मनिर्देशे प्रथमपदम्

• अविद्ये: O (you who are) ignorance too
• अविद्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; (विद्या-अविद्या) युग्मे द्वितीयपदम्, देवीसम्बोधनम्

• श्रिये: O prosperity
• श्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; युग्मनिर्देशे प्रथमपदम्

• अश्रिये: O misfortune/absence of prosperity
• अश्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्री (प्रातिपदिक; अ-उपसर्गयुक्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; (श्री-अश्री) युग्मे द्वितीयपदम्

Speaker

Devas (collectively), continuing the hymn

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is praised as the hidden essence of gods and beings; behind her calm face, symbolic pairs appear—light/shadow, lotus/withered leaf—signifying knowledge/ignorance and fortune/misfortune dissolving into her single radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Vidyā
• Avidyā
• Śrī (prosperity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refuge is in the Divine who stands behind all opposites; surrender transforms both prosperity and adversity into spiritual progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where surrender (śaraṇāgati) to Devī is presented as the heart of the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes śaraṇāgati (taking refuge); ritual details appear later as fasting, darśana, and stotra-recitation.