Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संयतात्मा नरः पश्येत्तत्र तां नियतात्मवान्

Transliteration

saṃyatātmā naraḥ paśyettatra tāṃ niyatātmavān

Translation

บุรุษผู้สำรวมตนและมีจิตตั้งมั่น พึงเฝ้าดูพระนาง ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• संयतात्मा: self-controlled
• संयतात्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-यम् (धातु) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—संयतः आत्मा यस्य (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहिवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थतः ‘self-controlled’)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नियतात्मवान्: disciplined in mind
• नियतात्मवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत + आत्मन् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—नियतः आत्मा यस्य (one whose self is disciplined)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī (implied)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner restraint (saṃyama/niyama) is presented as the proper qualification for sacred vision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sāvitrī tirtha/shrine within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain self-discipline and take darśana of the Goddess at the site.