Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

रूपेणानेन देवेशि ये त्वां द्रक्ष्यंति मानवाः । आश्रमेऽत्र महापुण्ये ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

rūpeṇānena deveśi ye tvāṃ drakṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | āśrame'tra mahāpuṇye te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim

Translation

Wahai Dewi Penguasa para dewa, siapa pun yang memandangmu dalam wujud ini di pertapaan yang amat suci ini, akan mencapai keadaan tertinggi.

Word by Word

• rūpeṇa: by (this) form
• rūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; रूपेण इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• deveśi: O goddess, lord of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• drakṣyanti: will see
• drakṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• āśrame: in the hermitage
• āśrame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• mahā-puṇye: in the very holy (hermitage)
• mahā-puṇye: Adhikarana-visheshana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (महा प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (पुण्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—कर्मधारय (महत् पुण्यम्); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; आश्रमे इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• parām: supreme
• parām: Karma-visheshana (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गतिम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• gatim: destination
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator continuing the Māhātmya; addressed to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-āśrama on Varaparvata (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśī) and Devas (implied audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims (men and women) approaching a forest hermitage on a mountain; the Goddess appears in a specific, recognizable form; the atmosphere is charged with merit and liberation promise.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Deveśī)
• Āśrama (holy hermitage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī-darśana in a sanctified place is presented as a direct cause for attaining the supreme spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A highly meritorious āśrama within Arbuda-kṣetra (Arbuda Khaṇḍa) is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is darśana—beholding the Goddess in this form at the holy hermitage.