Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
Devanagari script
सहस्रदृग्बंदिसहस्रसंस्तुतस्त्रिविष्टपेऽशोभत पाकशासनः
Transliteration
sahasradṛgbaṃdisahasrasaṃstutastriviṣṭape'śobhata pākaśāsanaḥ
Translation
في سماء تريفِشْتَبا (Triviṣṭapa) تألّق باكاشاسانا (إندرا)، ذو الألف عين، وقد أنشدت له ألوفُ الرواة والمدّاحين، فسطع بمجدٍ وبهاء.
Word by Word
sahasra-dṛg-bandi-sahasra-saṃstutaḥpraised by thousands of bards with a thousand eyes
sahasra-dṛg-bandi-sahasra-saṃstutaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛś (धातु)→dṛg (प्रातिपदिक) + bandi (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstuta (sam + stu (धातु) + kta)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; क्तान्त (‘संस्तुतः’ = praised)
triviṣṭapein heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
triviṣṭape:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottriviṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
aśobhatashone; appeared splendid
aśobhata:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśubh (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
pāka-śāsanaḥPākaśāsana (Indra)
pāka-śāsanaḥ:
Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāka (प्रातिपदिक) + śāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘पाकस्य शासकः’ = Indra)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra, the thousand-eyed, shines in Svarga while thousands of bards sing; a luminous court scene with layered ranks of singers and attendants, all oriented toward the radiant king of devas.
Characters & Entities
I
Indra (Pākaśāsana)T
Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)FAQs
Righteous rulership is affirmed by praise rooted in merit; glory follows the upholding of dharma.
No earthly tīrtha is named; ‘Triviṣṭapa’ indicates the celestial realm.
None.