Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

शेषरूपधरो नित्ये फणामणिविभूषितः । रेवती त्वं विशालाक्षि मदविभ्रमलोचना

Transliteration

śeṣarūpadharo nitye phaṇāmaṇivibhūṣitaḥ | revatī tvaṃ viśālākṣi madavibhramalocanā

Translation

Ewig trage ich die Gestalt des Śeṣa, geschmückt mit Juwelen auf seinen Hauben. Du aber, o Weitblickende, mit betörend spielerischen Augen, bist Revatī.

Word by Word

• शेषरूपधरः: bearer of the form of Śeṣa
• शेषरूपधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (शेषस्य रूपं धरतीति)

• नित्ये: O eternal one
• नित्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); (नित्ये = हे नित्ये)

• फणामणिविभूषितः: adorned with hood-jewels
• फणामणिविभूषितः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फणा (प्रातिपदिक) + मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भूष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle: adorned); तृतीया/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थ-तत्पुरुषः (फणामणिभिः/फणामणीनां विभूषितः)

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः)

• मदविभ्रमलोचना: one whose eyes have intoxicated playfulness
• मदविभ्रमलोचना: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) + विभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (मद-विभ्रमयुक्ते लोचने यस्याः)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced; continuation of divine self-identifications)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking interlocutors (ṛṣi/audience frame typical of māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine serpent-king (Śeṣa-form) with gem-studded thousand hoods speaks tenderly to wide-eyed Revatī, whose playful sidelong glances shimmer like moonlight; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa and distant temple silhouettes frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Revatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine assumes many mythic forms to uphold and beautify the cosmos; recognizing these forms is a mode of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose narrative the gods’ manifold forms are taught as present and accessible to pilgrims.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as stuti (praise) and theological identification rather than a ritual injunction.