Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

यत्किंचित्स्त्रीस्वरूपं च समस्तं भुवनत्रये । तत्सर्वं त्वत्स्वरूपं स्यादिति शास्त्रेषु निश्चयः

Transliteration

yatkiṃcitstrīsvarūpaṃ ca samastaṃ bhuvanatraye | tatsarvaṃ tvatsvarūpaṃ syāditi śāstreṣu niścayaḥ

Translation

تینوں جہانوں میں جو بھی نسوانی شکل موجود ہے، وہ سب آپ ہی کی شکل ہے، یہ شاستروں کا حتمی فیصلہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Visheshya (correlative/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• kiṃcit: anything, something
• kiṃcit: Visheshya (appositive to yat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक + अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite)

• strī-svarūpam: the form/nature of a woman (feminine form)
• strī-svarūpam: Visheshya (predicate/descriptor of yat kiṃcit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्त्रियाः स्वरूपम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• samastam: entire, all
• samastam: Visheshana (qualifier of yat kiṃcit/strīsvarūpam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhuvana-traye: in the three worlds
• bhuvana-traye: Adhikarana (locus/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमासः (त्रीणि भुवनानि = bhuvanatrayam; तस्मिन्)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshya (correlative to yat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संकेत/अन्वयार्थक सर्वनाम (correlative)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (of tat)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tvat-svarūpam: your very form/nature
• tvat-svarūpam: Pratipādya (predicate nominative/complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-आधार) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तव स्वरूपम्)

• syāt: would be / is (as a conclusion)
• syāt: Kriya (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative)

• śāstreṣu: in the scriptures
• śāstreṣu: Adhikarana (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• niścayaḥ: certainty, settled conclusion
• niścayaḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional proclamation before the Goddess: the cosmos subtly filled with innumerable feminine forms dissolving into one radiant Devī-svarūpa, while a sage/Śiva figure affirms ‘śāstra-niścaya’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• Śāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for the feminine is reverence for the Goddess herself; divinity pervades all forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it presents a scriptural doctrine (śāstrīya-niścaya) rather than a ritual rule.