Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

परिवार्य ततस्तं तु प्रसुप्तान्देवदानवान् । निमीलिताक्षान्पश्यामि दिव्याभरणभूषितान्

Transliteration

parivārya tatastaṃ tu prasuptāndevadānavān | nimīlitākṣānpaśyāmi divyābharaṇabhūṣitān

Translation

ಆಮೇಲೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತುವರಿದು ನಾನು ದೇವರುಗಳನ್ನೂ ದಾನವರನ್ನೂ ನಿದ್ರಿಸಿದವರಂತೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಕಣ್ಣು ಮುಚ್ಚಿ, ದಿವ್ಯಾಭರಣಗಳಿಂದ ಭೂಷಿತರಾಗಿ।

Word by Word

• परिवार्य: having surrounded
• परिवार्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: √वृ (to surround) उपसर्ग: परि

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (काल/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (emphasis/contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• प्रसुप्तान्: sleeping
• प्रसुप्तान्: Karma (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√svap (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; धातु: √स्वप् (to sleep) उपसर्ग: प्र

• देवदानवान्: gods and demons
• देवदानवान्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (इतरेतर), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• निमीलिताक्षान्: with closed eyes
• निमीलिताक्षान्: Karma (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nimīlita + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निमीलितानि अक्षाणि यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिव्याभरणभूषितान्: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषितान्: Karma (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya + ābharaṇa + bhūṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (दिव्यानि आभरणानि तैः भूषिताः), क्त (PPP) ‘भूषित’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (first-person: paśyāmi; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred riverside precinct: devas and dānavas lie motionless as if asleep, eyes closed, bodies gleaming with divine ornaments, encircling an unseen center; the air is hushed and charged.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Before the supreme sacred presence, even rivals (devas and dānavas) are stilled—suggesting the liṅga as a unifying, overpowering spiritual reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Mahāliṅga site within Revā Khaṇḍa, where the surrounding beings are depicted in reverent stillness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit practice is stated; the imagery evokes meditative absorption and reverence.