Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एतद्भगसहस्रं तु पुरा जातं शतक्रतो । तल्लोचनसहस्रं तु मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

etadbhagasahasraṃ tu purā jātaṃ śatakrato | tallocanasahasraṃ tu matprasādādbhaviṣyati

Translation

ഹേ ശതക്രതോ, മുമ്പ് ഉണ്ടായ ‘ലജ്ജയുടെ ആയിരം അടയാളങ്ങൾ’ എന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ‘ആയിരം കണ്ണുകൾ’ ആകും.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण

• भग-सहस्रम्: a thousand bhagas (marks)
• भग-सहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

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

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• जातम्: arisen; produced
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन्)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• शतक्रतो: O Śatakratu (Indra)
• शतक्रतो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-नाम)
• Form: सम्बोधन/षष्ठी (Voc/Gen) एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); here सम्बोधन (address)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण

• लोचन-सहस्रम्: a thousand eyes
• लोचन-सहस्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; emphasis)

• मत्-प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्-प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); कारणार्थ (cause/source)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Gautama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama pronounces the boon; Indra’s body-markings shimmer and resolve into a thousand luminous eyes, signifying restored divine sight and honor.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Indra (Śatakratu, Sahasrākṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace can transmute disgrace into a sacred sign when one turns toward dharma and receives righteous guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s Revā/Narmadā tīrtha milieu underlies the redemption narrative, though this verse focuses on the boon itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual here; it is the pronouncement of a transformative boon.