Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यत्त्वेतद्भवता प्रोक्तं प्रसन्नेनान्तरात्मना । दर्शितेयं विशालाक्षी दर्शयिष्यामि वो जगत्

Transliteration

yattvetadbhavatā proktaṃ prasannenāntarātmanā | darśiteyaṃ viśālākṣī darśayiṣyāmi vo jagat

Translation

ഹേ വിശാലാക്ഷി! പ്രസന്നമായ അന്തരാത്മാവോടെ നിങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞതെല്ലാം എനിക്ക് വെളിപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; ഇനി ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളെ ഈ ജഗത്ത് ദർശിപ്പിക്കും.

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (that which)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• etat: this
• etat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश (this)

• bhavatā: by you
• bhavatā: Karana (Agent-in-passive/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; आदरार्थक (by you)

• proktam: spoken, taught
• proktam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘spoken’ (qualifies etat)

• prasannena: with a serene
• prasannena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (antarātmanā)

• antarātmanā: inner self
• antarātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar-ātman (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरात्मा’ = inner self/mind

• darśitā: has been shown
• darśitā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + ṇic + kta (कृत्)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + क्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘shown’

• iyam: this (she)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• viśālākṣī: the wide-eyed (lady)
• viśālākṣī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: समासः (बहुव्रीहिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘विशालानि अक्षीणि यस्याः सा’

• darśayiṣyāmi: I will show
• darśayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + ṇic
• Form: णिच् (causative) धातु; लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vaḥ: to you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/6th), बहुवचन; here चतुर्थी: ‘to you (all)’

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Unclear from snippet (contextually part of the dialogue around Nārāyaṇa and the apsarases)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśva-darśana (conceptual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Apsarases / ‘viśālākṣī’ addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine promise of revelation: the speaker, pleased within, prepares to unveil the cosmos; the ‘universe’ appears as layered worlds, stars, rivers, mountains, beings—contained within or emanating from the divine presence.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Apsarases
• Viśālākṣī (epithet: wide-eyed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine revelation (darśana) follows sincere exchange—when the heart is pleased, the Lord grants vision of cosmic truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in the verse; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on darśana and revelation rather than a rite.