Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

श्रीरुवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव प्रपन्नाया जनार्दन । तदा दर्शय यद्दृष्टमप्सरोभिस्तवानघ

Transliteration

śrīruvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva prapannāyā janārdana | tadā darśaya yaddṛṣṭamapsarobhistavānagha

Translation

พระศรีทูลว่า “ข้าแต่พระองค์ โอ้ชนารทนะ ข้าพระองค์ได้พึ่งพระองค์แล้ว หากพระองค์พอพระทัยในข้าพระองค์ โปรดเถิด โอ้ผู้ปราศจากมลทิน จงแสดงรูปนั้นที่เหล่าอัปสราเคยได้เห็น”

Word by Word

• श्रीः: Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रपन्नायाः: of (me) who has taken refuge
• प्रपन्नायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रपन्न (कृदन्त; प्र + पद् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषणम् (मे इति)

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषनाम

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• दर्शय: show
• दर्शय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट (कृदन्त; दृश् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) विशेषणम् (यत् इति)

• अप्सरोभिः: by the apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् संबोधन

Speaker

Śrī (Lakṣmī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: सागरान्त-श्री-जनार्दन-दर्शनस्थल (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrī, with folded hands, addresses Janārdana: since she has surrendered, she asks to be shown the wondrous form earlier seen by apsarases.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) is presented as a direct path to divine revelation—darśana granted through surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revākhaṇḍa narrative setting remains the frame; the verse focuses on devotion and requested divine vision rather than naming a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the devotional act of prapatti (surrender) is foregrounded.