Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सिद्धांतागमवेदांतदर्शनेषु विशेषतः । तेषु चैव न भिन्नस्तु मया सार्द्धं यशस्विनि

Transliteration

siddhāṃtāgamavedāṃtadarśaneṣu viśeṣataḥ | teṣu caiva na bhinnastu mayā sārddhaṃ yaśasvini

Translation

بالخصوص سِدّھانْت، آگم اور ویدانت کے درشنوں میں یہی حقیقت سکھائی گئی ہے۔ اور ان ہی کے اندر بھی، اے باجلال خاتون، وہ مجھ سے ذرّہ بھر بھی جدا نہیں۔

Word by Word

• सिद्धान्तागमवेदान्तदर्शनेषु: in the systems of siddhānta, āgama, vedānta, and darśana
• सिद्धान्तागमवेदान्तदर्शनेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धान्त + आगम + वेदान्त + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (दर्शन-शब्दानुसार), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुपद-द्वन्द्वः (सिद्धान्ताः/आगमाः/वेदान्ताः/दर्शनानि) समाहारार्थे; '...-एषु' locative plural

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: 'especially')

• तेषु: in those (among them)
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• भिन्नः: different; separated
• भिन्नः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भिद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• तु: but; however
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• मया: by me; with me (contextually)
• मया: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/Agentive assoc./करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (postposition-like indeclinable: 'together with')

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious lady
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण संबोधन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Hari-Śiva aikya teaching locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Yaśasvinī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A doctrinal tableau: Skanda reveals to Devī a single radiant reality manifesting as both Śiva and Vāsudeva; three streams labeled Siddhānta, Āgama, Vedānta flow into one ocean of truth at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vedānta
• Āgama
• Siddhānta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches doctrinal harmony: across major traditions, the divine is ultimately non-different—expressed here as non-separation between Śiva and the referenced divinity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where sectarian boundaries are softened through a Māhātmya emphasizing unity of the supreme.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it provides a theological foundation for tīrtha-veneration.