Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

क्षणमेकं ततो वीक्ष्य राजोर्द्ध्ववदनः स्थितः । तान् ददर्श पुनः सर्वान् दिव्यरूपधराञ्छुभान्

Transliteration

kṣaṇamekaṃ tato vīkṣya rājorddhvavadanaḥ sthitaḥ | tān dadarśa punaḥ sarvān divyarūpadharāñchubhān

Translation

Après avoir regardé un instant, le roi se tint debout, le visage levé. Il les revit tous, rayonnants, revêtus de formes divines et propices.

Word by Word

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कालावधि/acc. of duration), एकवचन

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘one’ (qualifying kṣaṇam)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर (then)

• vīkṣya: having looked
• vīkṣya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) ‘विक्ष्य’ = वीक्ष्य; अव्ययभाव

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ūrdhva-vadanaḥ: with face raised upward
• ūrdhva-vadanaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक) + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ऊर्ध्वं वदनं यस्य/ऊर्ध्ववदनः (face turned upward)

• sthitaḥ: stood / remained
• sthitaḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘standing/remaining’

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kala (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्ति (again)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘all’ (qualifying tān)

• divya-rūpa-dharān: bearing divine forms
• divya-rūpa-dharān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; दिव्यं रूपं धरन्ति ये (bearing divine forms)

• śubhān: auspicious, splendid
• śubhān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘auspicious/beautiful’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king pauses, gazing upward; in the sky appear radiant ancestral figures, newly luminous, indicating their elevation after the offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena (king, implied)
• Divya beings (unspecified; likely those connected to the rite’s result)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous rites at a tīrtha can yield direct ‘darśana’—visible confirmation of unseen spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha environment in which the rite is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it narrates the post-rite vision that follows the earlier snāna and tarpaṇa.