Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

त्वां न जानाति देवेशं चतुर्बाहुं जनार्दनम् । दर्शयस्व स्वकं रूपं दयां कृत्वा ममोपरि

Transliteration

tvāṃ na jānāti deveśaṃ caturbāhuṃ janārdanam | darśayasva svakaṃ rūpaṃ dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari

Translation

Il ne Te reconnaît pas comme le Seigneur des dieux, Janārdana aux quatre bras. Par compassion pour moi, révèle Ta propre forme véritable.

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• जानाति: knows
• जानाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवेशम्: lord of the gods
• देवेशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• चतुर्बाहुम्: four-armed
• चतुर्बाहुम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चत्वारः बाहवः यस्य)

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दर्शयस्व: show (to me)
• दर्शयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘cause to see/show’)

• स्वकम्: your own
• स्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दयाम्: compassion
• दयाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having shown (having done)
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done/made’

• मम: of me / to me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon / towards
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्गार्थक-निपात/पूर्वसर्गसदृश; अधिकरणार्थे (locative sense: ‘upon/over’)

Speaker

Rukmiṇī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-sphere (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (generic addressee; often Janamejaya/assembly in purāṇic style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rukmiṇī, hands folded, implores four-armed Janārdana to reveal His true form; the moment is intimate, devotional, and charged with compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Rukmiṇī
• Rukma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge dawns through divine revelation; bhakti seeks darśana not for display, but for transforming ignorance into recognition of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on darśana (revelation of the deity).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act is devotional prayer/request for darśana.