Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

रूपमेवंविधं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माद्या देवतागणाः । तुष्टुवुः परया भक्त्या तेजोभूषितलोचनम्

Transliteration

rūpamevaṃvidhaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmādyā devatāgaṇāḥ | tuṣṭuvuḥ parayā bhaktyā tejobhūṣitalocanam

Translation

Als Brahmā und die übrigen Scharen der Götter eine solche Gestalt erblickten, priesen sie den Herrn in höchster Hingabe—ihn, dessen Augen von strahlender Leuchtkraft geschmückt waren.

Word by Word

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• एवंविधम्: of such a kind
• एवंविधम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• ब्रह्माद्याः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्माद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मा-आदि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)

• देवतागणाः: groups of deities
• देवतागणाः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवताः-गणाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (perfect, 3rd person plural, parasmaipada)

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (feminine, instrumental, singular)

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (feminine, instrumental, singular)

• तेजः: splendour
• तेजः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier in compound/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc, singular)

• भूषित: adorned
• भूषित: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूष् (धातु) → भूषित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• लोचनम्: (one whose) eyes
• लोचनम्: Karma (Object of praise—praised one/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly: Brahmā and hosts of devas stand with folded hands, singing praise to the Lord whose eyes blaze with gentle radiance; the scene is suffused with devotional light.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devatāgaṇa (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True darśana naturally culminates in stuti; the highest response to the divine is wholehearted devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha chapter but does not name the location in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise (stotra) offered with parā-bhakti is exemplified by the gods.