Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

अंधानां च प्रदास्यामि भावीनि नयनान्यहम् । तस्मिन्दिने तर्पिताहं भक्तिभावेन पांडव

Transliteration

aṃdhānāṃ ca pradāsyāmi bhāvīni nayanānyaham | tasmindine tarpitāhaṃ bhaktibhāvena pāṃḍava

Translation

ഞാൻ അന്ധർക്കും ഭാവിയിൽ കണ്ണുകൾ പ്രസാദിക്കും. ഹേ പാണ്ഡവ, ആ ദിനത്തിൽ ഭക്തിഭാവത്താൽ ഞാൻ തൃപ്തനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अन्धानाम्: of/for the blind (people)
• अन्धानाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• प्रदास्यामि: I will give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) उपसर्ग: प्र-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• भावीनि: future (to be)
• भावीनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (नयनानि)

• नयनानि: eyes
• नयनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: on that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (दिने)

• दिने: day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तर्पिता: (I am) satisfied/propitiated
• तर्पिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अहं) तर्पिता = 'I am satisfied/propitiated'

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (पुनरुक्त-प्रयोग)

• भक्तिभावेन: with a devotional attitude
• भक्तिभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण (means)

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; direct address to a Pāṇḍava indicates a narrated dialogue within the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohāṇā-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blind devotee is led to Skanda’s shrine on Śukla Saptamī; Skanda’s gaze or touch bestows sight, while the Pāṇḍava listener stands nearby, witnessing the miracle as a proof of bhakti’s efficacy.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍava
• Blind (andha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds to sincere devotion, granting both inner and outer ‘vision’ and removing affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit is tied to the same worship-day context previously stated at Lohāṇā, though this verse emphasizes the boon rather than the geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on bhakti-bhāva (devotional intent) on the prescribed day; the fruit described is bestowal of sight.