Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

यादृशस्तु त्वया दृष्टो ध्येयो वै तादृशस्त्वया । एक एव शिवो देवः सर्वाधारो धराधरः

Transliteration

yādṛśastu tvayā dṛṣṭo dhyeyo vai tādṛśastvayā | eka eva śivo devaḥ sarvādhāro dharādharaḥ

Translation

„So wie du Ihn gesehen hast, so sollst du über Ihn meditieren. Śiva ist einzig — der göttliche Herr, die Stütze von allem, o Träger der Erde.“

Word by Word

• यादृशः: such as (whatever kind)
• यादृशः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative adjective)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दृष्टः: seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (शिवः) इति विशेष्य

• ध्येयः: to be meditated upon
• ध्येयः: Kriya (Predicative obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive: to be meditated upon), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• तादृशः: of that same kind
• तादृशः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तदनुरूप (correlative adjective)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• एकः: one
• एकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शिवः इति विशेषण

• एव: only
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; restriction/only)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शिवस्य अप्पोजिशन

• सर्व-आधारः: support of all
• सर्व-आधारः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वस्य आधारः)

• धराधरः: bearer and supporter
• धराधरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (धरः च अधरः च) → 'bearing and supporting' (epithet)

Speaker

Maheśvarī (Devī/Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim/interlocutor within the Vastrāpatha-māhātmya frame (not named in the given verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage receives upadeśa: ‘Meditate exactly as you have seen’; behind them a serene Śiva-form (liṅga or anthropomorphic) radiates as the cosmic support, with subtle imagery of mountains/earth resting in His presence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Himavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dhyāna should be anchored in a clear divine vision, and devotion is unified by the teaching that Śiva is the one sustaining reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is delivered within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, linking doctrine with sacred-place narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditate (dhyāna) on Śiva exactly as perceived in the sacred vision.