Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

भव्यं भूतं भविष्यच्च सर्वं जानंति यांति च । पंचतन्मात्ररूपं च मनोबुद्धिरहंजडाः

Transliteration

bhavyaṃ bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyacca sarvaṃ jānaṃti yāṃti ca | paṃcatanmātrarūpaṃ ca manobuddhirahaṃjaḍāḥ

Translation

他们无所不知——过去、现在与未来——亦能自在往来。他们的形体属于五种微细元素，并具心（manas）、智（buddhi）与我执之理（ahaṃkāra）。

Word by Word

• bhavyam: the future
• bhavyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘भविष्यत्’ अर्थे (future)

• bhūtam: the past
• bhūtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyat: the future (that which will be)
• bhaviṣyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣyat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; वर्तमान-पाठे ‘भविष्यच्च’ इति सन्धि

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• jānanti: know
• jānanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pañca-tanmātra-rūpam: having the form of the five tanmātras
• pañca-tanmātra-rūpam: Karta (Predicate-adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + tanmātra (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पञ्चानां तन्मात्राणां रूपम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• buddhiḥ: intellect
• buddhiḥ: Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• ahaṃ: I / ego (ahaṃkāra)
• ahaṃ: Karta (Member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jaḍāḥ: insentient/dull
• jaḍāḥ: Karta (Predicate-adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (समूहवाचक)

Speaker

Mahākāla

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Questioner in the dialogue (unnamed in provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet poetic vision: luminous ancestral beings composed of subtle elemental essences, surrounded by symbols of the five tanmātras; time (past-present-future) shown as a tri-fold wheel behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual reception is explained through the doctrine of subtle embodiment: beings can function through tanmātras and inner instruments beyond gross matter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is philosophical (subtle-body doctrine).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it supplies the metaphysical basis for how offerings can be received.