Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

मया दृष्टं महीपाल त्रैलोक्यं दिव्यचक्षुषा । एवमुक्त्वा गता देवी राजा स्वगृहमागमत्

Transliteration

mayā dṛṣṭaṃ mahīpāla trailokyaṃ divyacakṣuṣā | evamuktvā gatā devī rājā svagṛhamāgamat

Translation

O Beschützer der Erde, mit göttlichem Blick habe ich die drei Welten gesehen. Nachdem sie so gesprochen hatte, ging die Göttin fort, und der König kehrte in sein Haus zurück.

Word by Word

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular (pronoun)

• dṛṣṭam: seen
• dṛṣṭam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past participle; predicative 'seen'

• mahīpāla: O king (protector of the earth)
• mahīpāla: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (मही) + pāla (पाल)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महीपालः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• trailokyam: the three worlds
• trailokyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (त्रि) + loka (लोक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• divyacakṣuṣā: with divine vision
• divyacakṣuṣā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (दिव्य) + cakṣus (चक्षुस्)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (दिव्यं चक्षुः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental singular

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपसंहारवाचक-अव्यय — adverb 'thus'

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्, धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त — gerund (absolutive)

• gatā: went
• gatā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past participle; Feminine nominative singular

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative singular

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (राजन्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• svagṛham: to his own house
• svagṛham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व) + gṛha (गृह)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य गृहम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• āgamat: returned/came
• āgamat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess concludes: she has surveyed the worlds with divine sight; then she vanishes/withdraws. The king, resolved, returns to his palace to implement the instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Rājā
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine assurance and instruction are given succinctly; once dharma is indicated, one must act on it without delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame tied to the Revā/Narmadā sacred region, without naming a distinct tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription appears in this verse; it closes the Goddess’ counsel episode and transitions to the king’s action.