Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

त्रिविस्तीर्णं महाराज दृष्ट्वा गौरी सुविस्मिता । सजीवं कारयामास स्वशक्त्या शक्तिरूपिणी

Transliteration

trivistīrṇaṃ mahārāja dṛṣṭvā gaurī suvismitā | sajīvaṃ kārayāmāsa svaśaktyā śaktirūpiṇī

Translation

Ô grand roi, le voyant d’une triple ampleur, Gaurī fut saisie d’un grand étonnement ; et par sa propre puissance—elle qui est la forme même de Śakti—elle le fit vivant.

Word by Word

• त्रि-विस्तीर्णम्: threefold-wide/extended
• त्रि-विस्तीर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विस्तीर्ण (क्त-कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः (threefold-extended)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (mahān rājā)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• गौरी: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• सु-विस्मिता: greatly astonished
• सु-विस्मिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + विस्मित (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (very astonished)

• स-जीवम्: alive / with life
• स-जीवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह/सम्-भाव) + जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (with life / living)

• कारयामास: she caused (it) to be made/done
• कारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) causative (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• स्व-शक्त्या: by her own power
• स्व-शक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (svasyāḥ śaktiḥ)

• शक्ति-रूपिणी: she whose form is power (the Power-embodied)
• शक्ति-रूपिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (śakteḥ rūpam asyāḥ)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: māhārāja/māhīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī beholds the threefold-broad wondrous form and, astonished, infuses life into him by her own power—Śakti personified.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Gaurī)
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life is ultimately granted by the Divine Power (Śakti); the Goddess is presented as the direct source of vitality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised; the focus is on Śakti’s creative act within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.