Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अद्राक्षं चन्द्रवदनां धृतिं सर्वेश्वरीमुमाम्

Transliteration

adrākṣaṃ candravadanāṃ dhṛtiṃ sarveśvarīmumām

Translation

Je vis Umā, au visage de lune—Dhṛti elle-même, la Souveraine suprême de tous.

Word by Word

• अद्राक्षम्: I saw
• अद्राक्षम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (अorist), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Aorist, 1st person singular, Parasmaipada)

• चन्द्रवदनाम्: moon-faced
• चन्द्रवदनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र-वदन (प्रातिपदिक; चन्द्र + वदन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• धृतिम्: steadfastness; Dhṛti (as goddess)
• धृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• सर्वेश्वरीम्: the sovereign of all
• सर्वेश्वरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + ईश्वरी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• उमाम्: Umā
• उमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa context; likely a ṛṣi/narrator describing a vision)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha milieu (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close, serene vision of Umā: moon-faced, embodying dhṛti, sovereign over all—calm radiance rather than cosmic spectacle.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Dhṛti
• Sarveśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī is the inner strength (dhṛti) that sustains beings; seeing Her is seeing the foundation of steadiness and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tirtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.