Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तथापि परया भक्त्या प्रसन्नोऽहं स्तवादिभिः । वसनांतरितं रूपं दर्शयिष्यामि पश्यत

Transliteration

tathāpi parayā bhaktyā prasanno'haṃ stavādibhiḥ | vasanāṃtaritaṃ rūpaṃ darśayiṣyāmi paśyata

Translation

ಆದರೂ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪರಮಭಕ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ನಾನು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ವಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಆವೃತವಾದ ಒಂದು ರೂಪವನ್ನು ನಿಮಗೆ ತೋರಿಸುವೆನು—ನೋಡಿ!

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय; अव्यय-योगः (concessive: ‘even so/however’)

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भक्त्या)

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण/Predicate adj.)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अहम्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्तवादिभिः: by hymns and the like
• स्तवादिभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्तवाः आदयः = ‘hymns and the like’)

• वसनान्तरितम्: covered by a garment
• वसनान्तरितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसन (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर्/अन्तरि-धात्वर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘अन्तरित’ = ‘covered/hidden’; तत्पुरुषः (वसनेन अन्तरितम्); विशेषणम् (रूपम्)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दर्शयिष्यामि: I will show
• दर्शयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) (दर्शयति-णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• पश्यत: behold (you all)
• पश्यत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Hanumān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas/sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān, pleased, announces he will reveal a form ‘covered with garments’; sages lean forward in reverent anticipation; the moment is tender—grace meeting devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme devotion (parā bhakti) moves the divine to grant accessible revelation suited to the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stava (hymn) and allied devotional practices are affirmed as efficacious.