Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वात्युग्रांस्ततो याति दृष्टोऽसौ पुरुषो त्तमः । कर्णांतलोचनभ्रांतवक्त्रं दृष्ट्यावलोक्य तम्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvātyugrāṃstato yāti dṛṣṭo'sau puruṣo ttamaḥ | karṇāṃtalocanabhrāṃtavaktraṃ dṛṣṭyāvalokya tam

Translation

เมื่อเห็นเหล่าผู้น่าสะพรึงกลัวเหล่านั้น พระปุรุษตตมะก็เสด็จจากไป และเมื่อมองดูพระองค์ ดวงตาของพวกเขาก็กลอกไปจนถึงใบหูด้วยความตื่นตระหนก

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having done/after seeing)

• अति-उग्रान्: very fierce (ones)
• अति-उग्रान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereafter)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• दृष्टः: seen
• दृष्टः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरुषोत्तमः: the best of men
• पुरुषोत्तमः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पुरुषाणाम् उत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्ण-अन्त-लोचन-भ्रान्त-वक्त्रम्: with face (vaktra) showing eyes turned to the corners of the ears (i.e., wildly rolling eyes)
• कर्ण-अन्त-लोचन-भ्रान्त-वक्त्रम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक) + भ्रान्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (वर्णनात्मक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• दृष्ट्या: with (her) gaze
• दृष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental: with/by the gaze)

• अवलोक्य: having looked at
• अवलोक्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अवलोक्य = having looked at

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A terrifying host confronts the scene; Puruṣottama departs/withdraws, and at the instant they behold Him their faces contort—eyes rolling sideways toward the ears—signaling overpowering divine radiance and dread.

Characters & Entities

• Puruṣottama (Supreme Person)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana overwhelms and subdues even the most fearsome forces; the sacred presence establishes order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, where the narrative frames divine encounter as part of the site’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual appears here; the focus is on darśana and its spiritual potency.