Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता तु सा देवी हर्षेण महता युता । आलोकयेत्ततः कान्तं तेनापि शुभदर्शना

Transliteration

evamuktā tu sā devī harṣeṇa mahatā yutā | ālokayettataḥ kāntaṃ tenāpi śubhadarśanā

Translation

このように言われて、その女神は大きな喜びに満たされ、愛する人を見つめた。そして、吉祥な姿をした彼女もまた、彼に見つめられた。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्ता: (having been) addressed
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त, √वच् ‘to say’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि; ‘having been spoken to/ addressed’

• तु: then/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवी: the goddess/lady
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हर्षेण: with joy
• हर्षेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हर्षेण इति)

• युता: endowed (with)
• युता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज् ‘to join’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); ‘endowed/connected’

• आलोकयेत्: she looked at
• आलोकयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• कान्तम्: the beloved/beautiful one
• कान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अत्र ‘by him’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• शुभदर्शना: of auspicious appearance
• शुभदर्शना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)+दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘शुभं दर्शनं यस्याः सा’ (she of auspicious appearance)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-sphere (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Anasūyā, radiant with joy, turns her gaze toward her beloved; he also beholds her auspicious form. The moment is quiet, intimate, and sanctified by the āśrama setting.

Characters & Entities

• Anasūyā
• Atri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious darśana—seeing and being seen—marks the ripening of tapas into grace and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-kṣetra setting frames the event, underscoring the holy environment where such auspicious encounters occur.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on darśana and its auspicious effect.