Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अनसूया निरीक्ष्यैतद्देवानां दर्शनं परम् । वेपमाना ततः साध्वी सुरान्दृष्ट्वा मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

anasūyā nirīkṣyaitaddevānāṃ darśanaṃ param | vepamānā tataḥ sādhvī surāndṛṣṭvā muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

ദേവന്മാരുടെ ഈ പരമ ദർശനം കണ്ടപ്പോൾ സാദ്ധ്വിയായ അനസൂയ വിറച്ചു; സുരന്മാരെ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നോക്കി നിന്നു।

Word by Word

• अनसूया: Anasūyā
• अनसूया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• निरीक्ष्य: having observed
• निरीक्ष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव/gerund), अव्यय; English: having seen/after observing

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• दर्शनम्: vision/sight
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective qualifying दर्शनम्

• वेपमाना: trembling
• वेपमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकालिक), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; present participle

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb)

• साध्वी: the virtuous woman
• साध्वी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; appositional to अनसूया

• सुरान्: the gods
• सुरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव/gerund), अव्यय; English: having seen

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-योगे आवृत्तिवाचक (adverb)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (adverb, reduplicated for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the Anasūyā episode at Revā/Narmadā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Anasūyā, the chaste and virtuous, stands on the riverbank trembling, hands half-raised in reverence, eyes wide; before her the gods shine, and she looks again and again, unable to turn away.

Characters & Entities

• Anasūyā
• Devas
• Suras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True holiness responds to divine presence with awe, humility, and intensified remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā setting where extraordinary darśana occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the devotional reaction (bhāva) produced by darśana.