Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे रूपमैश्वरम् । एतावदुक्त्वा विज्ञानं दत्त्वा हिमवते स्वयम्

Transliteration

divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me rūpamaiśvaram | etāvaduktvā vijñānaṃ dattvā himavate svayam

Translation

ഞാൻ നിനക്കു ദിവ്യദൃഷ്ടി നൽകുന്നു—എന്റെ ഐശ്വര്യരൂപം ദർശിക്ക. ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം അവൾ സ്വയം ഹിമവാനെ യഥാർത്ഥ വിജ്ഞാനത്തോടെ അനുഗ്രഹിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to चक्षुः)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)

• चक्षुः: eye/vision
• चक्षुः: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऐश्वरम्: lordly/divine
• ऐश्वरम्: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to रूपम्)

• एतावत्-उक्त्वा: having said this much
• एतावत्-उक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एतावत् (प्रातिपदिक) + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund) ‘एतावत्’ उपपदपूर्वक; क्रियाविशेषणभावः

• विज्ञानम्: knowledge/insight
• विज्ञानम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• हिमवते: to Himavān
• हिमवते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आत्मनः-प्रयोगे (indeclinable; ‘herself’)

Speaker

Devī (first sentence); Narrator (second sentence continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himavān

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī raises her hand in boon-giving gesture, granting Himavān divine sight; a subtle beam or aura touches his eyes/forehead as discernment dawns, preparing for the overwhelming vision to follow.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Himavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Higher vision and true knowledge arise by divine grace; revelation is not merely sensory but requires divya-dṛṣṭi and vijñāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra, portrayed as a locus of divine empowerment and revelatory experience.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the emphasis is on anugraha (grace) granting spiritual perception.