Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

शेषरूपधरो नित्ये फणामणिविभूषितः । रेवती त्वं विशालाक्षि मदविभ्रमलोचना

Transliteration

śeṣarūpadharo nitye phaṇāmaṇivibhūṣitaḥ | revatī tvaṃ viśālākṣi madavibhramalocanā

Translation

أنا أحملُ على الدوام هيئةَ شِيشا (Śeṣa)، مُزَيَّنًا بجواهرَ على قُلانسِ أغطيةِ رؤوسه. وأنتِ، يا واسعةَ العينين ذاتَ النظراتِ العابثةِ الساحرة، فأنتِ ريفَتي (Revatī).

Word by Word

• शेषरूपधरः: bearer of the form of Śeṣa
• शेषरूपधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (शेषस्य रूपं धरतीति)

• नित्ये: O eternal one
• नित्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); (नित्ये = हे नित्ये)

• फणामणिविभूषितः: adorned with hood-jewels
• फणामणिविभूषितः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फणा (प्रातिपदिक) + मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भूष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle: adorned); तृतीया/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थ-तत्पुरुषः (फणामणिभिः/फणामणीनां विभूषितः)

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः)

• मदविभ्रमलोचना: one whose eyes have intoxicated playfulness
• मदविभ्रमलोचना: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) + विभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (मद-विभ्रमयुक्ते लोचने यस्याः)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced; continuation of divine self-identifications)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking interlocutors (ṛṣi/audience frame typical of māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine serpent-king (Śeṣa-form) with gem-studded thousand hoods speaks tenderly to wide-eyed Revatī, whose playful sidelong glances shimmer like moonlight; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa and distant temple silhouettes frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Revatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine assumes many mythic forms to uphold and beautify the cosmos; recognizing these forms is a mode of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose narrative the gods’ manifold forms are taught as present and accessible to pilgrims.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as stuti (praise) and theological identification rather than a ritual injunction.