Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

यद्यसौ चित्यन्ते चित्ते दृश्यते हृदये हरिः । अणिमादिगुणैश्वर्यं पदं तस्यैव जायते

Transliteration

yadyasau cityante citte dṛśyate hṛdaye hariḥ | aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ padaṃ tasyaiva jāyate

Translation

Wird Hari im Geist und im Herzen betrachtet und geschaut, so entsteht für eben diesen Menschen der Stand des Herrentums, begabt mit Eigenschaften und Kräften wie aṇimā (Feinheit) und dergleichen.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional conjunction)

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• चित्यन्ते: is contemplated/meditated upon
• चित्यन्ते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cit (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is/are contemplated)

• चित्ते: in the mind
• चित्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• दृश्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अणिमादिगुणैश्वर्यम्: lordship of powers like aṇimā
• अणिमादिगुणैश्वर्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇimā+ādi+guṇa+aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक); अणिमा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (अणिमादयः गुणाः तेषाम् ऐश्वर्यम्)

• पदम्: state, position
• पदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Prahlāda (implied by the surrounding dialogue in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A meditator in padmāsana with a luminous Viṣṇu appearing within the heart; subtle symbols of the aṣṭa-siddhis orbit like tiny stars.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner contemplation of Hari culminates in direct realization and the rise of spiritual sovereignty (aiśvarya), symbolized by yogic perfections.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader narrative belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, emphasizing sanctity through Viṣṇu-centered realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on dhyāna (meditative contemplation) and inner darśana of Hari.