Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । युष्माकं दर्शनाद्विप्रास्त्रिनेत्रत्वमुपागताः । एतन्निदर्शनं सर्वं लोकानां च प्रदर्शनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | yuṣmākaṃ darśanādviprāstrinetratvamupāgatāḥ | etannidarśanaṃ sarvaṃ lokānāṃ ca pradarśanam

Translation

Īśvara phán: “Hỡi các brāhmaṇa, chỉ nhờ được thấy các ông mà chúng đã đạt ba mắt. Đây là sự hiển bày trọn vẹn, nêu ra để giáo huấn muôn loài trong các thế giới.”

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (the Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yuṣmākam: of you (pl.)
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• darśanāt: from (your) sight; due to seeing you
• darśanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे भावः (addressing)

• tri-netratvam: three-eyedness
• tri-netratvam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + netra (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• upāgatāḥ: have attained
• upāgatāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-ā-gam (धातु) + kta → upāgata (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of nidarśanam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश्य-विशेषण (demonstrative)

• nidarśanam: an illustration; example
• nidarśanam: Karma/Predicative complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarvam: entire; complete
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of nidarśanam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• lokānām: of the worlds; of people
• lokānām: Sambandha (for/of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• pradarśanam: a demonstration; showing forth
• pradarśanam: Predicative complement (apposition to nidarśanam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Trinetra-kuṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara/Hara) appears before the sages at the pond, gesturing in teaching mode; fish in the water bear a third eye; the scene reads as a public demonstration for the world.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)
• Matsya (fish)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the righteous is transformative; Purāṇic miracles function as teachings for society, not mere wonders.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where such exemplary miracles are displayed for loka-śikṣā (instruction of the world).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reverent darśana of holy brāhmaṇas/sages is implied as a potent spiritual act.