Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

ततः प्रसन्ना सा देवी भक्तस्य पृथिवीपतेः । स्वरूपं दर्शयामास चंद्रकोटिसमप्रभम्

Transliteration

tataḥ prasannā sā devī bhaktasya pṛthivīpateḥ | svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa caṃdrakoṭisamaprabham

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഭക്തനായ രാജാവിന്റെ ഭക്തിയിൽ പ്രസന്നയായ ആ ദേവി, കോടി ചന്ദ്രന്മാരെപ്പോലെ ദീപ്തമായ തന്റെ സ്വരൂപം ദർശിപ്പിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘thereupon/from that’

• prasannā: pleased
• prasannā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सा देवी)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhaktasya: of the devotee
• bhaktasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• pṛthivī-pateḥ: of the king
• pṛthivī-pateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पृथिव्याः पतिः)

• sva-rūpam: her own form
• sva-rūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं रूपम्)

• darśayāmāsa: showed
• darśayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) caus. दर्शय + √as (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; periphrastic perfect (दर्शयाम् + आस) = ‘showed’

• caṃdra-koṭi-sama-prabham: having radiance equal to ten million moons
• caṃdra-koṭi-sama-prabham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā/prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (स्वरूपम्); तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रकोट्या समा प्रभा यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambikā-bhavana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess appears before the king, her form blazing with a cool, overwhelming radiance like ten million moons; the king stands awestruck in folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Gaurī/Ambikā)
• King (pṛthivīpati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion culminates in divine darśana; the Purāṇa presents the Goddess as immediately responsive to steadfast bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies a sacred setting where the Goddess grants darśana (Ambikā’s abode mentioned earlier), but does not name a broader tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is added; it records the fruit of prior observances—divine revelation (darśana).