Skanda Upanishad: Verse 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीव चक्षुराततम् ॥१४॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
तत् । विष्णोः । परम् । पदम् । सदा । पश्यन्ति । सूरयः । दिवि-इव । चक्षुः । आततम् ॥१४॥
IAST Transliteration
tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam ||14||
Translation
ذلك المقامُ الأسمى لِفِشْنُو يراهُ الحكماءُ دائمًا—كعينٍ ممتدّةٍ في السماء.
Academic Translation
That highest station of Viṣṇu the seers always behold—like an eye stretched out in heaven.
Word by Word
tadthat
tad:
TypeNoun
Roottad- (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formneuter; nominative/accusative singular
viṣṇoḥof Viṣṇu
viṣṇoḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu- (m. prātipadika)
Formmasculine; genitive singular
paramamsupreme
paramam:
TypeAdjective
Rootparama- (adj. prātipadika)
Formneuter; nominative/accusative singular (agreeing with padam)
padamabode; state; step
padam:
TypeNoun
Rootpada- (n. prātipadika)
Formneuter; nominative/accusative singular
sadāalways
sadā:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (avyaya)
Formindeclinable
paśyantithey see
paśyanti:
TypeVerb
Root√paś (dhātu); paśyati
Formpresent indicative (laṭ); 3rd person plural; parasmaipada
sūrayaḥthe seers; the wise
sūrayaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootsūri- (m. prātipadika)
Formmasculine; nominative plural
diviin heaven
divi:
TypeNoun
Rootdiv- (f. prātipadika)
Formfeminine; locative singular
ivaas if; like
iva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (avyaya)
Formindeclinable; simile marker
cakṣuḥthe eye
cakṣuḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootcakṣus- (n. prātipadika)
Formneuter; nominative/accusative singular
ātatamstretched out; extended
ātatam:
TypeAdjective
Rootā-tata- (ppp from √tan, dhātu)
Formneuter; nominative/accusative singular (agreeing with cakṣuḥ)
Sandhi Notes
- tad viṣṇoḥ (no internal sandhi beyond padānta)
- divīva resolved as divi + iva
- cakṣur ātatam resolved as cakṣuḥ + ātatam (visarga before vowel)
Verse Context
Paramapada (supreme state/abode) as mokṣa; contemplative vision of the HighestMahavakya: Indirect: aligns with ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ insofar as the ‘seeing’ (paśyanti) of the wise indicates awakened knowledge of the supreme reality.AtharvaChandas: Triṣṭubh (source verse known from Ṛgveda 1.22.20; often treated as triṣṭubh in Vedic metrics).
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