Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विद्युत्सम्पातदुष्प्रेक्ष्या विद्युत्संघातचञ्चला । विद्युज्ज्वालाकुला रौद्रा विद्युदग्निनिभेक्षणा

Transliteration

vidyutsampātaduṣprekṣyā vidyutsaṃghātacañcalā | vidyujjvālākulā raudrā vidyudagninibhekṣaṇā

Translation

Schwer zu erblicken wie ein niederfahrender Blitz, bebend wie ein Gewirr von Lichtflammen, von Blitzfeuern umwunden—grimmig—ihr Blick glich dem Feuer des Blitzes.

Word by Word

• विद्युत्सम्पातदुष्प्रेक्ष्या: hard to look at due to lightning strikes
• विद्युत्सम्पातदुष्प्रेक्ष्या: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्युत् + सम्पात + दुष्प्रेक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास-श्रृंखला (तत्पुरुष): विद्युतः सम्पातः (षष्ठी) + तेन दुष्प्रेक्ष्या (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• विद्युत्संघातचञ्चला: restless with masses of lightning
• विद्युत्संघातचञ्चला: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्युत् + संघात + चञ्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: विद्युतां संघातः (षष्ठी) + तेन चञ्चला

• विद्युज्ज्वालाकुला: filled with lightning-flames
• विद्युज्ज्वालाकुला: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्युत् + ज्वाला + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: विद्युतः ज्वाला (षष्ठी) + ताभिः आकुला

• रौद्रा: fierce
• रौद्रा: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विद्युदग्निनिभेक्षणा: whose eyes are like lightning and fire
• विद्युदग्निनिभेक्षणा: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्युत् + अग्नि + निभ + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: विद्युदग्निनिभे ईक्षणे यस्याः (eyes like lightning-fire)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A near-blinding Devi, surrounded by clustered lightning and flame-like arcs; her eyes burn like lightning-fire, the air shimmering with electric tremor.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text celebrates divine tejas (radiant power): awe-inspiring energy that purifies and overwhelms ignorance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse is a descriptive crescendo within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.