Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अनेन ध्यानयोगेन भवं पश्यति मानवः । मनसा चिंतितं सर्वं सम्प्राप्तं भवदर्शनात्

Transliteration

anena dhyānayogena bhavaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ | manasā ciṃtitaṃ sarvaṃ samprāptaṃ bhavadarśanāt

Translation

ഈ ധ്യാനയോഗംകൊണ്ട് മനുഷ്യൻ ഭവൻ (ശിവൻ) ദർശനം ചെയ്യുന്നു. ഭവദർശനത്താൽ മനസ്സിൽ ചിന്തിച്ചതെല്ലാം സിദ്ധിയായി ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (करण)

• dhyāna-yogena: by the yoga of meditation
• dhyāna-yogena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (करण); समासः—ध्यानस्य योगः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• bhavam: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्म)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्ता)

• manasā: by the mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (करण)

• ciṃtitam: thought of / contemplated
• ciṃtitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cint (धातु) → cintita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनामवत्

• samprāptam: attained / obtained
• samprāptam: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āp (धातु) + sam-pra- → samprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• bhava-darśanāt: from (the cause:) seeing Bhava
• bhava-darśanāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अपादान); समासः—भवस्य दर्शनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Meditating devotee; from the inner stillness emerges a luminous manifestation of Bhava—either as a serene Śiva form or a radiant liṅga—while thought-forms transform into auspicious offerings around him.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-realization through meditation is presented as the highest fulfillment, completing the seeker’s inner aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra is implied as a place where dhyāna readily yields Bhava’s (Śiva’s) darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna-yoga (meditative worship/absorption) is the stated practice.