Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इति दत्त्वा वरान्देवी गायत्री लोकसंमता । जगामादर्शनं देवी सर्वेषां पश्यतां तदा

Transliteration

iti dattvā varāndevī gāyatrī lokasaṃmatā | jagāmādarśanaṃ devī sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ വരങ്ങൾ നൽകി, സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളിലും ആദരിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഗായത്രീദേവി, എല്ലാവരും നോക്കിനിൽക്കേ ആ നിമിഷം തന്നെ അദൃശയായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Discourse marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative/closure particle)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (Gerund), ‘having given’

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī
• गायत्री: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; देवी-विशेषनाम

• लोकसंमता: approved by the world
• लोकसंमता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + संमता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (लोके संमता)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• अदर्शनम्: out of sight / invisibility
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘not being seen’

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्त-कर्ता

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Of all/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समासार्थे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were watching
• पश्यताम्: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; ‘of those who are seeing’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gāyatrī Devī, radiant and universally revered, completes boon-giving; as onlookers watch, her form dissolves into light, leaving awe and reverent silence.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace may appear, bless, and withdraw; one should value darśana and the boons received with humility and steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse concludes a boon-granting episode and notes the Goddess becoming invisible.