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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

दृष्ट्या दृष्टा निर्मलया योगमापुश्चतुःसनाः । योगीश्वरी च सा देवी सनकाद्यैः सुतोषिता

dṛṣṭyā dṛṣṭā nirmalayā yogamāpuścatuḥsanāḥ | yogīśvarī ca sā devī sanakādyaiḥ sutoṣitā

Dengan pandangan yang suci dan tanpa noda, empat Kumāra memandang baginda lalu mencapai samādhi yoga. Dewi itu—Penguasa para yogin—sangat berkenan kepada Sanaka dan yang lain-lain.

दृष्ट्याby (her) glance
दृष्ट्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
दृष्टाseen
दृष्टा:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
निर्मलयाpure/spotless
निर्मलया:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दृष्ट्या इति)
योगम्yoga
योगम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
आपुःattained
आपुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
चतुःसनाःthe four Sanas (Sanaka etc.)
चतुःसनाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुः-सन (प्रातिपदिक; चतुः + सन)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (सनकादयः) चत्वारः सनाः
योगीश्वरीmistress of yogins
योगीश्वरी:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयोगिन्-ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; योगिन् + ईश्वरी)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
देवीgoddess
देवी:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सनकाद्यैःby Sanaka and others
सनकाद्यैः:
Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसनक-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; सनक + आदि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
सुतोषिताwell-pleased/satisfied
सुतोषिता:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसु-तुष् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha: Yogīśvarī Devī-sthāna (contextual)

Type: temple

Scene: The Four Kumāras—Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanātana, Sanatkumāra—stand with serene, childlike ascetic forms, gazing with stainless eyes upon the Devī Yogīśvarī; a subtle aura indicates their entry into samādhi as the Devī smiles in satisfaction.

C
Catuḥsanāḥ (Four Kumāras)
S
Sanaka
D
Devī
Y
Yogīśvarī

FAQs

Pure darśana of the Goddess, joined with inner clarity, culminates in yogic realization and divine grace.

The verse highlights Devī’s yogic sovereignty more than a named tīrtha; it functions as a lead-in to localized Śakti-sthāna descriptions in the same passage.

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on purity of vision (inner śuddhi) and devotional approach leading to yoga.