Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

रूपमेवंविधं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माद्या देवतागणाः । तुष्टुवुः परया भक्त्या तेजोभूषितलोचनम्

Transliteration

rūpamevaṃvidhaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmādyā devatāgaṇāḥ | tuṣṭuvuḥ parayā bhaktyā tejobhūṣitalocanam

Translation

ಇಂತಹ ರೂಪವನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿ ದೇವಗಣಗಳು ಪರಮ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಸ್ತುತಿಸಿದರು—ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಭೂಷಿತವಾದ ನೇತ್ರಗಳಿರುವವನನ್ನು।

Word by Word

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• एवंविधम्: of such a kind
• एवंविधम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• ब्रह्माद्याः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्माद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मा-आदि); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)

• देवतागणाः: groups of deities
• देवतागणाः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवताः-गणाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (perfect, 3rd person plural, parasmaipada)

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (feminine, instrumental, singular)

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (feminine, instrumental, singular)

• तेजः: splendour
• तेजः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier in compound/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc, singular)

• भूषित: adorned
• भूषित: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूष् (धातु) → भूषित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• लोचनम्: (one whose) eyes
• लोचनम्: Karma (Object of praise—praised one/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly: Brahmā and hosts of devas stand with folded hands, singing praise to the Lord whose eyes blaze with gentle radiance; the scene is suffused with devotional light.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devatāgaṇa (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True darśana naturally culminates in stuti; the highest response to the divine is wholehearted devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha chapter but does not name the location in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise (stotra) offered with parā-bhakti is exemplified by the gods.