Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

यस्यांशात्सात्त्विकं दिव्यं बिभ्रद्विष्णुः सनातनः । विश्वं बिभर्त्ति भूतात्मा शिवोऽस्माभिः स पूज्यते

Transliteration

yasyāṃśātsāttvikaṃ divyaṃ bibhradviṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | viśvaṃ bibhartti bhūtātmā śivo'smābhiḥ sa pūjyate

Translation

جس کے حصّے سے ازلی وِشنو دیویہ ساتتوِک شکتی دھارتا ہے اور بھوتوں کی اندرونی آتما بن کر جگت کو سنبھالتا ہے—وہی شِو ہمارے لیے پوجنیہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter) — ‘whose/of whom’

• aṃśāt: from (his) portion
• aṃśāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• sāttvikam: sattvic, pure
• sāttvikam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण (qualifier)

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण

• bibhrat: bearing, holding
• bibhrat: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhṛ (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि-शतृ (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sanātanaḥ: eternal
• sanātanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण (of Viṣṇu)

• viśvam: the universe
• viśvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• bibharti: supports, bears
• bibharti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhūtātmā: the Self of beings
• bhūtātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘भूतानाम् आत्मा’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural) — ‘by us’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Singular)

• pūjyate: is worshipped
• pūjyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Rājaputra (continuing reply)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic hymn-scene: sages or devas praising Śiva; Viṣṇu shown bearing a luminous sāttvika aura emanating from Śiva’s aṃśa; the universe upheld as a mandala within the divine field.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viṣṇu
• Sattva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustenance (through Viṣṇu and sattva) is portrayed as arising from Śiva’s deeper source-nature, affirming Śiva as ultimate refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse glorifies Śiva’s cosmic immanence and supremacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None beyond the general statement that Śiva is to be worshipped.