Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अंतः प्रविश्य भूतानि यो विभज्यात्मकेतुभिः । अंतर्यामीश्वरः साक्षात्पातु नो यद्वशे जगत्

Transliteration

aṃtaḥ praviśya bhūtāni yo vibhajyātmaketubhiḥ | aṃtaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣātpātu no yadvaśe jagat

Translation

Nguyện Đức Chúa—Antaryāmin, bậc Chủ Tể nội tại hiển lộ—hộ trì chúng con: Ngài thâm nhập mọi hữu tình, phân định họ bằng những dấu ấn của Tự Ngã; và toàn thể thế gian nương dưới quyền uy của Ngài.

Word by Word

• antaḥ: within/inside
• antaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• praviśya: having entered
• praviśya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √viś (विश्, प्रवेशने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• bhūtāni: beings/elements
• bhūtāni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vibhajya: having divided/apportioned
• vibhajya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √bhaj (भज्, विभागे/सेवायाम्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• ātma-ketubhiḥ: by his own rays/signs
• ātma-ketubhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman + ketu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of self’ + ‘signals/rays’; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• antaryāmī-īśvaraḥ: the Lord who is the Inner Ruler
• antaryāmī-īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antaryāmin + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘the inner-controller (who is) Lord’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sākṣāt: directly/in person
• sākṣāt: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• pātu: may (he) protect
• pātu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा, रक्षणे)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• naḥ: us/for us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural (बहुवचन); here: Dative sense ‘for us’

• yad-vaśe: under whose control
• yad-vaśe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: ‘under whose control’; Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject of implied ‘is’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative scene: the cosmos contained within a luminous heart-space; silhouettes of beings with a single inner light; the Lord as an inner flame/witness seated within all forms.

Characters & Entities

• Antaryāmin
• Īśvara
• Jagat
• Bhūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God is not only worshipped externally but known as the indwelling ruler who sustains and governs all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a universal theological prayer rather than a site-specific māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit devotional prayer; no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is stated.