Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

हनुमानुवाच । मत्स्वरूपं महाकायं न चक्षुर्विषयं कलौ । तेजोराशिमयं दिव्यमिति जानंतु वाडवाः

Transliteration

hanumānuvāca | matsvarūpaṃ mahākāyaṃ na cakṣurviṣayaṃ kalau | tejorāśimayaṃ divyamiti jānaṃtu vāḍavāḥ

Translation

Hanumān berkata: “Rupa sejati beta amat besar; pada zaman Kali ia bukanlah sesuatu yang dapat ditangkap oleh pandangan biasa. Biarlah orang bijaksana mengetahuinya sebagai yang ilahi, berupa gugusan sinar kemuliaan.”

Word by Word

• हनुमान्: Hanumān
• हनुमान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मत्स्वरूपम्: my form
• मत्स्वरूपम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-सम्बन्धी) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम स्वरूपम् = ‘my form’)

• महाकायम्: of huge body
• महाकायम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (स्वरूपस्य)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Negation particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• चक्षुःविषयम्: perceptible to the eyes
• चक्षुःविषयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चक्षुषः विषयः = ‘object of sight’); विशेषणम् (स्वरूपस्य)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कलियुगे’ अर्थे

• तेजोराशिमयम्: made of a heap of splendor
• तेजोराशिमयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तेजोराशिः एव मयम् = ‘consisting of a mass of radiance’); विशेषणम् (स्वरूपस्य)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotative (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणार्थक-निपात (quotative)

• जानन्तु: let (them) know
• जानन्तु: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• वाडवाः: the sages/ascetics (vāḍavas)
• वाडवाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Hanumān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas/sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān speaks with restrained majesty: his true form is immense and not ordinarily visible in Kali; he is envisioned as a divine mass of light, with sages listening in hushed awe.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali-yuga, divine reality is grasped more through faith, purity, and revelation than through ordinary sensory perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is theological, describing Hanumān’s transcendent nature.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the teaching implies bhakti and inner refinement to approach divine darśana.