Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तथा सम्मुखमाधावज्जय मातरिति ब्रुवन् । दर्शनेनैव देव्याश्च शुभनेत्रत्रयस्तदा

Transliteration

tathā sammukhamādhāvajjaya mātariti bruvan | darśanenaiva devyāśca śubhanetratrayastadā

Translation

แล้วเขาก็วิ่งตรงเข้าไปต่อพระพักตร์ พลางร้องว่า “ชัยชนะเถิด โอ้พระมารดา!” และในขณะนั้นเอง เพียงได้เห็นพระเทวี ดวงเนตรที่สามอันเป็นมงคลก็ปรากฏขึ้น

Word by Word

• तथा: then / in that manner
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सम्मुखम्: towards the front / face to face
• सम्मुखम्: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Direction/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• आधावत्: ran up
• आधावत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√धाव् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जय: victory! hail!
• जय: Sambodhana-prayoga (Exclamatory address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्गार/आशीर्वादवाचक (exclamation)

• मातरि: O mother
• मातरि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/8th), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyasaṃbandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• ब्रुवन्: saying
• ब्रुवन्: Karta (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (while saying)

• दर्शनेन: by (her) sight / by seeing
• दर्शनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• शुभ-नेत्र-त्रयः: the one with three auspicious eyes (three-eyed one)
• शुभ-नेत्र-त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शुभानि नेत्राणि यस्य/यस्य त्रयम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma rushes forward, shouting ‘Jaya Mātā!’; a sudden radiance blooms at his forehead as a third eye appears, while the Goddess stands before him, luminous and calm.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavatī (Devī/Mātā)
• Bhīma (contextual)
• Trinetra (three-eyed state)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Devī is itself transformative, granting higher vision and auspicious spiritual awakening.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the glory centers on Devī-darśana as a source of siddhi and blessing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse highlights devotional exclamation (jaya) and the grace arising from direct darśana.