Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 188

Devanagari script

अथ मर्त्त्या दिवं जग्मुर्दृष्ट्वा देवीं तदाश्रमे । अनायासेन संपूर्णास्ततो मर्त्यैस्त्रिविष्टपः

Transliteration

atha marttyā divaṃ jagmurdṛṣṭvā devīṃ tadāśrame | anāyāsena saṃpūrṇāstato martyaistriviṣṭapaḥ

Translation

Da gingen die Sterblichen, als sie die Göttin in jener Einsiedelei erblickten, gen Himmel; und so wurde Svarga ohne Mühsal von Menschen erfüllt.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• मर्त्याः: mortals
• मर्त्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Gati-karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदाश्रमे: in that hermitage
• तदाश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘तस्य आश्रमः’

• अनायासेन: without effort; easily
• अनायासेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनायास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे साधारणतः पुं), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करणवाचक

• संपूर्णाः: fully accomplished/fulfilled
• संपूर्णाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of मर्त्याः)

• ततः: thereupon/from there
• ततः: Source/sequence marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (from there/thereupon)

• मर्त्यैः: by the mortals
• मर्त्यैः: Kartr-sahakari / Association (Agent-side instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• त्रिविष्टपः: heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः विष्टपाः) = स्वर्ग

Speaker

Pulastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devi-darśana āśrama (svarga-prada)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpottama (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Streams of ordinary mortals approach the hermitage, behold the radiant Goddess, and ascend as luminous forms toward svarga; the sky fills with human silhouettes turned celestial, emphasizing ‘heaven crowded with humans’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Triviṣṭapa (Heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred seeing) of the Goddess at a holy place is portrayed as a direct, grace-filled path to exalted spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hermitage/shrine in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa where Devī is present for darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana—visiting and beholding Devī at her sacred abode.