Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

यदि सर्वकृपालुभ्यः सत्यतस्त्वं कृपावती । ततः कृपां कुरु मयि देहि नेत्रे नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

yadi sarvakṛpālubhyaḥ satyatastvaṃ kṛpāvatī | tataḥ kṛpāṃ kuru mayi dehi netre namo'stu te

Translation

If, in truth, you are compassionate toward all who suffer—if you are indeed full of mercy—then show mercy to me: grant me eyes. Salutations to you.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक

• सर्वकृपालुभ्यः: than all the compassionate (ones)
• सर्वकृपालुभ्यः: Apadana (Standard of comparison/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-कृपालु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वेषु कृपालु’ (more compassionate to all / from all compassionate ones) — तुलनार्थे/अपादानार्थे प्रयोगः

• सत्यतः: truly
• सत्यतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘truly’

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

• कृपावती: compassionate
• कृपावती: Karta-Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपा-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; वत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (compassionate)

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; therefore

• कृपाम्: compassion
• कृपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• कुरु: show / do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (do/show)

• मयि: toward me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन (in/unto me)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नेत्रे: two eyes
• नेत्रे: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), द्विवचन (two eyes)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Prayojana (Utterance/प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; salutation

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

Speaker

A Pāṇḍava devotee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tearful devotee pleads before the compassionate Devī; her hand extends in varada-mudrā, and a cool, soothing light settles over the devotee’s eyes, suggesting healing and mercy.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee appeals to the Goddess’s universal compassion as the basis for personal grace and healing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is direct supplication (prārthanā) for mercy and sight.