Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सदसद्देवि यत्किञ्चिद्बन्धमोक्षात्मकं पदम् । तत्सर्वं गुप्तया व्याप्तं त्वया काष्ठं यथाग्निना

Transliteration

sadasaddevi yatkiñcidbandhamokṣātmakaṃ padam | tatsarvaṃ guptayā vyāptaṃ tvayā kāṣṭhaṃ yathāgninā

Translation

اے دیوی! جو کچھ بھی ہے—نیک یا بد—اور جو بھی حالت بندھن یا موکش سے متعلق ہے؛ وہ سب تم سے باطناً محیط ہے، جیسے لکڑی میں آگ پوشیدہ رہتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• sat: being/real
• sat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सत्’ = अस्ति/भूतम् (the real/being) — द्वन्द्वसमुच्चयार्थे ‘असत्’ सह

• asat: non-being/unreal
• asat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘असत्’ = नास्ति/अभूतम् (the unreal/non-being)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative)

• kiñcit: anything
• kiñcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अनिश्चितपरिमाणवाचक) — ‘किञ्चित्’ = किंचित्/अल्पम्/किमपि (anything/something)

• bandha-mokṣa-ātmakam: having the nature of bondage and liberation
• bandha-mokṣa-ātmakam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bandha (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (bandha-mokṣa) इति द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपदं, ततः ‘आत्मक’ इति तत्पुरुषः — विशेषणम्, ‘पदम्’ विशेषयति

• padam: state/term/word
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पदम्’ = पद/वाक्य/तत्त्व (word/term/state)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ (that) — ‘सर्वम्’ विशेषणार्थं पूर्वपदम्

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (all)

• guptayā: by (your) hidden power
• guptayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guptā (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √gup ‘to protect/guard’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘गुप्तया’ = गुप्तशक्त्या/गूढया (by the hidden/protecting power)

• vyāptam: pervaded
• vyāptam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘व्याप्तम्’ = आवृतम्/परिपूर्णम् (pervaded)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘त्वया’ (by you)

• kāṣṭham: wood
• kāṣṭham: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान (simile subject)

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Upama-sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानवाचक) — as/just as

• agninā: by fire
• agninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; उपमेय-करण (by fire)

Speaker

Mahīpati (king) offering a stuti to Goddess Bhāratī/Sarasvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king’s hymn shifts to philosophical imagery: a forest log with hidden fire suggested within, juxtaposed with the radiant Devī as the unseen pervader of all states.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Bhāratī/Sarasvatī)
• Bandha (bondage)
• Mokṣa (liberation)
• Agni (fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine pervades all states of life—bondage and liberation—often hidden, yet ever-present within experience.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The stuti belongs to a Sarasvatī tīrtha narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, linking worship at the sacred locale to insight and liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (devotional praise) that contemplates the Goddess’s all-pervading presence.