Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठंतं ददर्श परमेश्वरम् । दृष्ट्वा नन्दीश्वरं देवं देव्या महेश्वरं परम्

Transliteration

sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ dadarśa parameśvaram | dṛṣṭvā nandīśvaraṃ devaṃ devyā maheśvaraṃ param

Translation

Er sah Parameśvara dastehen, alles umhüllend. Nachdem er Nandīśvara—den Gott—erblickt hatte, erblickte er auch den höchsten Maheśvara zusammen mit der Göttin.

Word by Word

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वम् = 'all/everything'

• āvṛtya: having covered
• āvṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); 'having covered/enveloped'

• tiṣṭhantam: standing
• tiṣṭhantam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'standing'

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'saw'

• parameśvaram: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: 'supreme (parama) lord (īśvara)'

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); 'having seen'

• nandīśvaram: Nandīśvara
• nandīśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandī + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'lord of Nandī' (name/title)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• devyā: by the goddess
• devyā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; 'by the goddess'

• maheśvaram: Maheśvara
• maheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'great lord'

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying maheśvaram)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parameśvara stands विशाल, enveloping the scene like a cosmic canopy; before Him is Nandīśvara, and beside/with Him the Goddess—forming a triadic devotional tableau: devotee → Nandī → Śiva-Śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Nandīśvara
• Maheśvara
• Devī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace culminates in darśana: the Lord who pervades all is also personally present with Devī and His attendants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, portrayed as a locus of Śiva-Devī manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the emphasis is on the fruit of devotion—seeing the Lord.