Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्य महाबुद्धे पश्य मां दिव्यचक्षुषा । तुष्टोऽस्मि वरदश्चाहं ब्रूहि यत्ते मनोगतम्

Transliteration

jaigīṣavya mahābuddhe paśya māṃ divyacakṣuṣā | tuṣṭo'smi varadaścāhaṃ brūhi yatte manogatam

Translation

«Oh Jaigīṣavya, de gran entendimiento y noble ánimo: mírame con visión divina. Estoy complacido y soy dador de dones. Di lo que mora en tu corazón.»

Word by Word

• जैगीषव्य: O Jaigīṣavya
• जैगीषव्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaigīṣavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — masculine vocative singular (proper name)

• महाबुद्धे: O great-minded one
• महाबुद्धे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — masculine vocative singular; कर्मधारयः (महती बुद्धिः यस्य)

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश्य्/दृश्-धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperative, 2nd person singular, parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular (1st person pronoun)

• दिव्यचक्षुषा: with divine sight
• दिव्यचक्षुषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya-cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular; कर्मधारयः (दिव्यं चक्षुः)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — past participle ‘pleased’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्-धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — present, 1st person singular

• वरदः: a boon-giver
• वरदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara-da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular; तत्पुरुषः (वरं ददाति इति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular (1st person pronoun)

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू-धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperative, 2nd person singular

• यत्: what
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; सम्बन्धे ‘that which’

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of you/your’

• मनोगतम्: in your mind; intended
• मनोगतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas-gata (प्रातिपदिक; gata = कृदन्त from √gam)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः (मनसि गतं)

Speaker

Śiva (Bhagavān, Trilocana—implied and confirmed by v.15)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Jaigīṣavya: ‘Behold Me with divine sight; I am pleased and grant boons.’ The moment is luminous, intimate, and overwhelming.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Jaigīṣavya
• Divya-cakṣus (divine sight)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion ripens, God grants inner vision (divya-cakṣu) and invites the devotee to ask for a boon aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as a place where Śiva’s darśana and boons become accessible to ardent devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights darśana through divine sight as a fruit of devotion and purity.