Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

यथेयं चारुसर्वाङ्गी भवतीनां मयाग्रतः । दर्शिता दर्शयिष्यामि तथा चैवाखिलं जगत्

Transliteration

yatheyaṃ cārusarvāṅgī bhavatīnāṃ mayāgrataḥ | darśitā darśayiṣyāmi tathā caivākhilaṃ jagat

Translation

Wie ich euch diese liebliche, wohlgestaltete Erscheinung vor euren eigenen Augen gezeigt habe, so werde ich euch in gleicher Weise das ganze Universum offenbaren.

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Comparison marker (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा/तुलना (comparative particle)

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• चारु-सर्वाङ्गी: she whose all limbs are beautiful
• चारु-सर्वाङ्गी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + इन् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः: 'चारवः सर्वे अङ्गाः यस्याः सा'

• भवतीनाम्: of you (ladies)
• भवतीनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• अग्रतः: in front (of you)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दर्शिता: shown, displayed
• दर्शिता: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दर्शित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दर्शयिष्यामि: I will show
• दर्शयिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) (णिच् causative: दर्शय)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• तथा: in the same way
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अखिलम्: entire, whole
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice; a demonstrative yogic revelation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher/divinity presents a radiant, exquisitely formed figure before onlookers; the next moment expands into a panoramic cosmic revelation—galaxies/worlds unfolding from the same gesture.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual authority is framed as direct ‘showing’—a revelation meant to dissolve doubt about reality and unity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse continues a teaching sequence within Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a revelatory act rather than a rite.