Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सैवं स्तुता भगवती देवैः सर्वैर्वरानने । आत्मानं दर्शयामास भाभासितदिगन्तरम्

Transliteration

saivaṃ stutā bhagavatī devaiḥ sarvairvarānane | ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa bhābhāsitadigantaram

Translation

இவ்வாறு எல்லாத் தேவராலும் போற்றப்பட்ட வரமுகி பகவதி தன் திருவுருவை வெளிப்படுத்தினாள்; அவள் ஒளியால் திசைகளின் எல்லை வரை பிரகாசித்தது॥

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• स्तुता: praised
• स्तुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) 'स्तुत' = praised; विशेषण (सा/भगवती)

• भगवती: the Blessed Goddess
• भगवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवैः)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरम् आननम् यस्याः)

• आत्मानम्: herself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दर्शयामास: showed, revealed
• दर्शयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् (प्रयोजक)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रश्न/परोक्षभूत; perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) = caused to be seen/showed

• भाभासितदिगन्तरम्: (having) the horizons illuminated
• भाभासितदिगन्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भा (धातु) + भासित (कृदन्त) + दिक् + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भाभासितं दिगन्तरं यस्मिन्/यत्) — 'whose quarters were illuminated' (as qualifier of आत्मानम्/रूपम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After being praised, the Goddess appears in full splendor; her radiance floods the sky, lighting all directions, while devas gaze upward in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavatī Devī
• Devāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds to sincere praise; Devī’s darśana dispels darkness—outer and inner—by her radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose sanctity is underscored by the Goddess’s manifestation within its narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the implied practice is stuti (hymnic praise) as a means to obtain darśana and protection.