Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यत्किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु स्थावरं जंगमं विभो । तत्सर्वं भवता व्याप्तं काष्ठं हव्यभुजा यथा

Transliteration

yatkiṃcittriṣu lokeṣu sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ vibho | tatsarvaṃ bhavatā vyāptaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ havyabhujā yathā

Translation

اے قادرِ مطلق، تینوں لوکوں میں جو کچھ بھی ہے—ساکن ہو یا متحرک—وہ سب تیرے ہی ذریعے محیط ہے، جیسے لکڑی میں آگ (پوشیدہ قوت) رچی بسی ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• yat: whatever
• yat: Sambandha (Relative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun

• kiṃcit: anything, some
• kiṃcit: Sambandha (Indefiniteness/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-निबद्ध)
• Form: Avyaya; aniyata-pramāṇa (indefinite particle)

• triṣu: in the three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; numeral adjective

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural

• sthāvaram: immobile (beings/things)
• sthāvaram: Karta (Part of subject set/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used substantively (‘immobile [beings]’)

• jaṅgamam: mobile (beings/things)
• jaṅgamam: Karta (Part of subject set/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used substantively (‘mobile [beings]’)

• vibho: O all-pervading one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with tat

• bhavatā: by you
• bhavatā: Karana (Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-आदर)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; honorific 2nd person

• vyāptam: pervaded
• vyāptam: Kriya-visheshana/Predicate (State/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ā-√āp (आप्/आप्नुते, व्याप्तौ) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; kta-participle; predicate adjective

• kāṣṭham: wood
• kāṣṭham: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; upamāna in simile

• havyabhujā: by the oblation-eater (fire)
• havyabhujā: Karana (Instrument in simile/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuj (√bhuj भक्षणे, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa (‘eater of oblations’ = fire)

• yathā: as, just like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; upamā-vācaka (comparative particle)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic tripartite cosmos (heaven, earth, netherworld) filled with beings—trees, animals, humans, devas—overlaid by a subtle luminous presence; in the foreground, a piece of wood shows a faint inner flame, suggesting latent fire.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Vibhu (Lord)
• Tri-loka (three worlds)
• Agni (Havyabhuj)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Since the Lord pervades all existence, sacred geography (tīrthas) reveals what is universally true: divinity is present everywhere, awaiting manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it provides the metaphysical foundation for why any tīrtha can serve as a doorway to realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse uses analogy (fire in wood) to teach pervasive divinity.