Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तेजसा दुर्दृशो भास्वान्प्रत्यक्षः समजायत

Transliteration

tejasā durdṛśo bhāsvānpratyakṣaḥ samajāyata

Translation

मग आपल्या प्रखर तेजामुळे पाहणे कठीण असा भास्वान् (सूर्यदेव) प्रत्यक्ष प्रकट झाला।

Word by Word

• तेजसा: by/with radiance
• तेजसा: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• दुर्दृशः: hard to look at, dazzling
• दुर्दृशः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्दृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भास्वान्: shining, radiant
• भास्वान्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रत्यक्षः: visible, manifest
• प्रत्यक्षः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• समजायत: came into being, appeared
• समजायत: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: सम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing solar deity (Ravi) appears directly before the ascetic—an orb of intolerable brilliance with anthropomorphic form emerging from light; the surrounding space is flooded with golden radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāsvān (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and discipline culminate in darśana—direct, experiential manifestation of the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the emphasis is on divine appearance (pratyakṣatā) as a devotional fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription in this line; it states the result—Sūrya’s pratyakṣa-darśana.