Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

मत्स्यानां नेत्रनेत्रस्थतेजस्तन्मात्रमुत्तमम् । उद्धृत्य योजयिष्यामि प्रत्यक्षं तद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

matsyānāṃ netranetrasthatejastanmātramuttamam | uddhṛtya yojayiṣyāmi pratyakṣaṃ tadbhaviṣyati

Translation

മത്സ്യങ്ങളുടെ കണ്ണുകളിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതമായ ആ പരമ സൂക്ഷ്മ തേജോതത്ത്വം ഞാൻ എടുത്തു സ്ഥാപിക്കും; അപ്പോൾ അത് പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി വെളിവാകും.

Word by Word

• मत्स्यानाम्: of fishes
• मत्स्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नेत्रनेत्रस्थतेजः: the light located in the eyes
• नेत्रनेत्रस्थतेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहु-तत्पुरुषसमास: नेत्रेषु नेत्रस्थं तेजः (light located in the eyes)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मात्रम्)

• मात्रम्: only that much/essence
• मात्रम्: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्-मात्रम्/तेजः)

• उद्धृत्य: having extracted/taken out
• उद्धृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √हृ (धातु) उपसर्ग: उद्-
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• योजयिष्यामि: I will apply/join
• योजयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (धातु) (causative sense 'to join/apply')
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रत्यक्षम्: manifest, before the eyes
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Pradhana-visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

Speaker

Devī (future self-declaration within the Māhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohāṇā-kuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close, symbolic scene: luminous essence rises from the eyes of fish in the sacred waters like tiny rays; Skanda gathers it as a subtle light and places it into the eyes of a devotee, making sight ‘pratyakṣa’—visibly restored.

Characters & Entities

• Matsya (fish)
• Tejas (radiance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power can become directly manifest (pratyakṣa) through the deity’s own will, revealing the sacredness hidden within subtle essences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Dharmāraṇya–Mahīsāgara sacred geography described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces an act of divine extraction/installation leading to visible manifestation.