Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

आदित्य इव तं देशं कृत्स्नमेवान्व भासयत् । तस्य दृष्ट्वा तपस्तादृग्रूपं चाद्भुतदर्शनम्

Transliteration

āditya iva taṃ deśaṃ kṛtsnamevānva bhāsayat | tasya dṛṣṭvā tapastādṛgrūpaṃ cādbhutadarśanam

Translation

Gaya ng araw, pinaliwanag niya ang buong lupain. Nang makita ang gayong matinding tapasya at ang anyong kahanga-hangang pagmasdan—

Word by Word

• ādityaḥ: the sun
• ādityaḥ: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• tam: that
• tam: Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘देशम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• deśam: region/place
• deśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kṛtsnam: entire
• kṛtsnam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘देशम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• anva: along/throughout
• anva: Sambandha (Preverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (prefix used adverbially here) ‘अनु/अन्व्’ = along/after; ‘भासयत्’ सह

• bhāsayat: illuminated
• bhāsayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhās (भास् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to illumine’ (भासयति)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (Gerundial/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘दृष्ट्वा’ का कर्म

• tādṛk-rūpam: such a form/appearance
• tādṛk-rūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tādṛś (तादृश्-प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘तादृक् (ऐसा) रूपम्’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• adbhuta-darśanam: wonderful to behold
• adbhuta-darśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘अद्भुतं दर्शनं यस्य/अद्भुत-दर्शनम्’; ‘रूपम्’ वा (implicit) इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Varcā (Apsaras)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devarāṇya (radiant tapovana zone)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic’s presence lights the whole region like the sun; observers behold his astonishing tapas and form, struck with awe at the radiance filling the forest.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sun, as simile)
• Brāhmaṇa ascetic (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity grounded in dharma manifests as tejas—an inner sun that illumines the world and commands reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named pilgrimage site appears; the ‘deśa’ is praised due to the ascetic’s tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it continues the description of tapas and its visible effects.