Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

ईक्षणाच्चैव संजातं ललाटे मण्डलं शुभम् । नवयोजनसाहस्रं मण्डलं रश्मिभिर्वृतम्

Transliteration

īkṣaṇāccaiva saṃjātaṃ lalāṭe maṇḍalaṃ śubham | navayojanasāhasraṃ maṇḍalaṃ raśmibhirvṛtam

Translation

Et de ce seul regard naquit sur le front un disque faste et resplendissant : un orbe s’étendant sur neuf mille yojanas, ceint de rayons de lumière.

Word by Word

• īkṣaṇāt: from (his) glance
• īkṣaṇāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• saṃjātam: arisen, produced
• saṃjātam: Karma/Predicative (Result/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√jan (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘उत्पन्नम्’

• lalāṭe: on the forehead
• lalāṭe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalāṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• maṇḍalam: a disk/orb
• maṇḍalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śubham: auspicious, beautiful
• śubham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying maṇḍalam)

• nava-yojana-sāhasram: (measuring) nine thousand yojanas
• nava-yojana-sāhasram: Viśeṣaṇa (Measure-Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; परिमाण-निर्देश), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (maṇḍalam)

• maṇḍalam: the disk/orb
• maṇḍalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• raśmibhiḥ: by rays
• raśmibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raśmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• vṛtam: surrounded, covered
• vṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (maṇḍalam)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sudden divine glance produces a brilliant circular orb on a forehead, vast like a cosmic disk, ringed by streaming rays that fill the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇḍala (radiant orb)
• Anasūyā
• Atri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner purity and divine favor can manifest outwardly as tejas (spiritual radiance), revealing the unseen reality through visible signs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-kṣetra narrative backdrop continues; the miracle underscores the sanctity of the region where such divine signs appear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; the focus is on miraculous manifestation resulting from a glance (īkṣaṇa).