Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

एषा देवी पुरा दृष्टा तेन वक्ष्यामि तेऽनघ

Transliteration

eṣā devī purā dṛṣṭā tena vakṣyāmi te'nagha

Translation

Cette Déesse fut contemplée jadis ; c’est pourquoi, ô irréprochable, je te raconterai son récit.

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अपपद (एषा)

• पुरा: formerly/once
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दृष्टा: was seen
• दृष्टा: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त/PPP, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (देवी)

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator in Revā-khaṇḍa dialogue context (likely a Ṛṣi addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā Devī

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as anagha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage gestures as if beginning a sacred story; behind him a faint vision of a radiant river-goddess appears, half-seen like a memory from ancient time.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is transmitted through remembered vision (ṛṣi-darśana) and faithful narration within the Purāṇic tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a transition within Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces an upcoming account concerning a Devī.