Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अनेन स्पृष्टनयनो भूतान्यंतर्हितान्यपि । भवान्द्रक्ष्यति यस्मै वा भवानेतत्प्रदास्यति

Transliteration

anena spṛṣṭanayano bhūtānyaṃtarhitānyapi | bhavāndrakṣyati yasmai vā bhavānetatpradāsyati

Translation

Wenn deine Augen damit berührt sind, wirst du selbst verborgene Wesen sehen. Und wem immer du es zu geben wählst, auch er wird diese Schau erlangen.

Word by Word

• anena: by this (with this)
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• spṛṣṭa-nayanaḥ: one whose eyes have been touched
• spṛṣṭa-nayanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: spṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √spṛś स्पृश्) + nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः = 'यस्य नयने स्पृष्टे' (whose eyes are touched)

• bhūtāni: beings/spirits
• bhūtāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• antarhitāni: hidden
• antarhitāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: antar-hita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; 'भूतानि' विशेषण

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• bhavān: you (honorific)
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरसूचक सर्वनाम

• drakṣyati: will see
• drakṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yasmai: to whom
• yasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• bhavān: you
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pradāsyati: will give
• pradāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja addressed; narrative centers on Rāma’s agency in giving

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of the vessel of water; Rāma’s eyes being gently touched/washed; the idea of the boon being shareable to another worthy person.

Characters & Entities

• Hidden beings (antarhita-bhūta)
• Rāma (implied recipient)
• Kubera’s water (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power can be transmitted through righteous bestowal—what is received in dharma may be shared for the welfare of others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvara region, where sanctifying substances and their merits are highlighted in the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Touching/cleansing the eyes with sanctified water; also the idea of gifting (pradāna) that extends its benefit.