Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तस्या वाक्यावसाने तु स्वरूपं दर्शयन्ति ते । स्वस्वरूपैः स्थिता देवाः सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभाः

Transliteration

tasyā vākyāvasāne tu svarūpaṃ darśayanti te | svasvarūpaiḥ sthitā devāḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhāḥ

Translation

Als ihre Worte verklungen waren, offenbarten sie ihre wahre Gestalt. Die Devas standen in ihrer eigenen göttlichen Natur, strahlend wie zehn Millionen Sonnen.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वाक्य-अवसाने: at the end of (her) speech
• वाक्य-अवसाने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• स्वरूपम्: true form
• स्वरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दर्शयन्ति: they show
• दर्शयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) [णिच् causative: दर्शय-]
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्व-स्वरूपैः: by their own forms
• स्व-स्वरूपैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• स्थिताः: standing, remaining
• स्थिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सूर्य-कोटि-सम-प्रभाः: having splendor equal to crores of suns
• सूर्य-कोटि-सम-प्रभाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to देवाः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the close of Anasūyā’s words, the three deities cast off concealment; their true forms blaze forth, filling the scene with sun-like radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Anasūyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and discernment mature, the divine reveals itself openly—transforming ordinary encounter into direct theophany.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is specified in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative that situates holiness within the Revā/Narmadā tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes divine self-revelation (svarūpa-darśana) and extraordinary radiance.