Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

स एव सर्वं कुरुते स एव परिपाति च । स एव संवृणोत्यंते सर्वैश्वर्यनिधिः स च

Transliteration

sa eva sarvaṃ kurute sa eva paripāti ca | sa eva saṃvṛṇotyaṃte sarvaiśvaryanidhiḥ sa ca

Translation

Siya lamang ang gumagawa ng lahat; Siya lamang ang nag-iingat. At sa wakas, Siya lamang ang muling nagtitipon sa lahat—Siya ang kayamanang sisidlan ng lahat ng kapangyarihang panginoon.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• eva: indeed / alone
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kurute: does / accomplishes
• kurute: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• paripāti: protects all around
• paripāti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√pā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• saṃvṛṇoti: encloses / covers / gathers
• saṃvṛṇoti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sarvaiśvaryanidhiḥ: the treasury of all lordly powers
• sarvaiśvaryanidhiḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—सर्वेषाम् ऐश्वर्याणां निधिः (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the Lord as the hidden center—hands symbolically creating, protecting, and drawing the universe back—while Kāśī’s sacred skyline sits beneath as a microcosm of the whole.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is affirmed as the sole doer—creator, protector, and the one who withdraws all at the end—supporting surrender and trust.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a specific tīrtha in this verse; it provides the theological foundation that undergirds Kāśī’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal statement about Īśvara’s supremacy.