Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

या च सर्वमयी शक्तिर्यया व्याप्तमिदं जगत् । सा तस्मिन्पर्वते साक्षात्स्वयं वासमरोचयत्

Transliteration

yā ca sarvamayī śaktiryayā vyāptamidaṃ jagat | sā tasminparvate sākṣātsvayaṃ vāsamarocayat

Translation

那遍一切、为万有之本体的圣力（Śakti），以其充满此整个世界——她亲自显现，拣选那座山为自己的住处。

Word by Word

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• सर्वमयी: all-pervading; consisting of all
• सर्वमयी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्तिः: power; Shakti
• शक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यया: by whom; by which
• यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• जगत्: world; universe
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पर्वते: on the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• साक्षात्: directly; manifestly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent-emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb)

• वासम्: dwelling; residence
• वासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अरोचयत्: chose; made (it) her abode
• अरोचयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘made pleasing/selected’)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata (Śrīmātā/Śakti-nivāsa)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand view of Arbuda mountain suffused with Devī’s presence: the entire landscape subtly forms a cosmic feminine silhouette; above, a radiant Devī appears ‘sākṣāt’ while the world below is shown as pervaded by her light.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Devī (Śrīmātā, implied)
• Arbuda mountain

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are not random: the Goddess, who pervades all, also localizes herself for devotees’ accessible worship and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī’s mountain abode on Arbuda (a renowned sacred mountain geography in this section).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse provides the theological basis for worship at that mountain-sthāna.