Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

क्षणमेकं ततो वीक्ष्य राजोर्द्ध्ववदनः स्थितः । तान् ददर्श पुनः सर्वान् दिव्यरूपधराञ्छुभान्

Transliteration

kṣaṇamekaṃ tato vīkṣya rājorddhvavadanaḥ sthitaḥ | tān dadarśa punaḥ sarvān divyarūpadharāñchubhān

Translation

ครั้นทอดพระเนตรอยู่ชั่วขณะ พระราชายืนเงยพระพักตร์ขึ้นเบื้องบน แล้วทรงเห็นพวกเขาทั้งหมดอีกครั้ง—ผ่องใสรุ่งเรือง ทรงสัณฐานทิพย์อันเป็นมงคล

Word by Word

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कालावधि/acc. of duration), एकवचन

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘one’ (qualifying kṣaṇam)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर (then)

• vīkṣya: having looked
• vīkṣya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) ‘विक्ष्य’ = वीक्ष्य; अव्ययभाव

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ūrdhva-vadanaḥ: with face raised upward
• ūrdhva-vadanaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक) + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ऊर्ध्वं वदनं यस्य/ऊर्ध्ववदनः (face turned upward)

• sthitaḥ: stood / remained
• sthitaḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘standing/remaining’

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kala (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्ति (again)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘all’ (qualifying tān)

• divya-rūpa-dharān: bearing divine forms
• divya-rūpa-dharān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; दिव्यं रूपं धरन्ति ये (bearing divine forms)

• śubhān: auspicious, splendid
• śubhān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘auspicious/beautiful’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king pauses, gazing upward; in the sky appear radiant ancestral figures, newly luminous, indicating their elevation after the offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena (king, implied)
• Divya beings (unspecified; likely those connected to the rite’s result)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous rites at a tīrtha can yield direct ‘darśana’—visible confirmation of unseen spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha environment in which the rite is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it narrates the post-rite vision that follows the earlier snāna and tarpaṇa.