Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अनेन ध्यानयोगेन भवं पश्यति मानवः । मनसा चिंतितं सर्वं सम्प्राप्तं भवदर्शनात्

Transliteration

anena dhyānayogena bhavaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ | manasā ciṃtitaṃ sarvaṃ samprāptaṃ bhavadarśanāt

Translation

Par ce yoga de méditation, l’homme contemple Bhava (Śiva). Par la vision de Bhava, tout ce que l’esprit avait conçu s’accomplit et s’obtient.

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (करण)

• dhyāna-yogena: by the yoga of meditation
• dhyāna-yogena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (करण); समासः—ध्यानस्य योगः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• bhavam: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्म)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्ता)

• manasā: by the mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (करण)

• ciṃtitam: thought of / contemplated
• ciṃtitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cint (धातु) → cintita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनामवत्

• samprāptam: attained / obtained
• samprāptam: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āp (धातु) + sam-pra- → samprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• bhava-darśanāt: from (the cause:) seeing Bhava
• bhava-darśanāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अपादान); समासः—भवस्य दर्शनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Meditating devotee; from the inner stillness emerges a luminous manifestation of Bhava—either as a serene Śiva form or a radiant liṅga—while thought-forms transform into auspicious offerings around him.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-realization through meditation is presented as the highest fulfillment, completing the seeker’s inner aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra is implied as a place where dhyāna readily yields Bhava’s (Śiva’s) darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna-yoga (meditative worship/absorption) is the stated practice.