Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ददर्श तादृशीं देवीं कण्ठपाशकरां विभुः । अधस्तात्तरुशाखायां निमीलितविलोचनाम्

Transliteration

dadarśa tādṛśīṃ devīṃ kaṇṭhapāśakarāṃ vibhuḥ | adhastāttaruśākhāyāṃ nimīlitavilocanām

Translation

Đấng Toàn Năng trông thấy nữ thần trong cảnh ấy, tay cầm thòng lọng nơi cổ. Dưới cành cây, nàng đứng với đôi mắt khép lại.

Word by Word

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = "saw"

• tādṛśīm: such
• tādṛśīm: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण = "such/like that" (qualifies devīm)

• devīm: the देवी (goddess/lady)
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = accusative

• kaṇṭha-pāśa-karām: with a noose for her neck
• kaṇṭha-pāśa-karām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (कण्ठे पाशः, तं करोति/धारयति इति) = "having a noose at/for the neck" (qualifies devīm)

• vibhuḥ: the Lord
• vibhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = nominative; epithet

• adhastāt: below
• adhastāt: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhastāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = "below/beneath"

• taru-śākhāyām: on a tree branch
• taru-śākhāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taru (प्रातिपदिक) + śākhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तरोः शाखा) = "on the tree-branch"; locative

• nimīlita-vilocanām: with closed eyes
• nimīlita-vilocanām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√mīl (धातु) + vilocana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (निमीलित) + तत्पुरुषः (निमीलिते विलोचने यस्याः) = "with eyes closed" (qualifies devīm)

Speaker

Prahlāda (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Under a low tree-branch in the Dvārakā landscape, a goddess stands with eyes closed, a noose at her neck; the Lord beholds her, the moment suspended between death and rescue.

Characters & Entities

• vibhu (the Lord—Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu implied)
• devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even at the final brink, divine grace can intervene; despair is met by the Lord’s protective presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger frame is Dvārakā-māhātmya; this verse is a dramatic moment within that sacred account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.