Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इति दत्त्वा वरान्देवी गायत्री लोकसंमता । जगामादर्शनं देवी सर्वेषां पश्यतां तदा

Transliteration

iti dattvā varāndevī gāyatrī lokasaṃmatā | jagāmādarśanaṃ devī sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā

Translation

So gewährte die Göttin Gāyatrī, von allen Welten verehrt, die Gaben und entschwand im selben Augenblick dem Blick, während alle noch hinsahen.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Discourse marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative/closure particle)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (Gerund), ‘having given’

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī
• गायत्री: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; देवी-विशेषनाम

• लोकसंमता: approved by the world
• लोकसंमता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + संमता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (लोके संमता)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• अदर्शनम्: out of sight / invisibility
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘not being seen’

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्त-कर्ता

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Of all/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समासार्थे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were watching
• पश्यताम्: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; ‘of those who are seeing’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gāyatrī Devī, radiant and universally revered, completes boon-giving; as onlookers watch, her form dissolves into light, leaving awe and reverent silence.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace may appear, bless, and withdraw; one should value darśana and the boons received with humility and steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse concludes a boon-granting episode and notes the Goddess becoming invisible.