Skanda Upanishad: Verse 14
तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीव चक्षुराततम् ॥१४॥
तत् । विष्णोः । परम् । पदम् । सदा । पश्यन्ति । सूरयः । दिवि-इव । चक्षुः । आततम् ॥१४॥
tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam ||14||
વિષ્ણુનું તે પરમ પદ સૂરિજન સદા દર્શે છે—આકાશમાં વિસ્તરેલા નેત્ર સમાન.
That highest station of Viṣṇu the seers always behold—like an eye stretched out in heaven.
- tad viṣṇoḥ (no internal sandhi beyond padānta)
- divīva resolved as divi + iva
- cakṣur ātatam resolved as cakṣuḥ + ātatam (visarga before vowel)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Paramapada (supreme state/abode) as mokṣa; contemplative vision of the Highest
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect: aligns with ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ insofar as the ‘seeing’ (paśyanti) of the wise indicates awakened knowledge of the supreme reality.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh (source verse known from Ṛgveda 1.22.20; often treated as triṣṭubh in Vedic metrics).
Yoga and practice
Dhyāna on the ‘paramaṃ padam’ as the highest goal; cultivation of sāttvika buddhi (sūrayaḥ) and steady contemplative ‘seeing’ (darśana) rather than discursive thought.
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