Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

रूपेणानेन देवेशि ये त्वां द्रक्ष्यंति मानवाः । आश्रमेऽत्र महापुण्ये ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

rūpeṇānena deveśi ye tvāṃ drakṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | āśrame'tra mahāpuṇye te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim

Translation

噢，天界之主女神，凡人在此至福修院中得见你此一形相者，必将证得最高境界。

Word by Word

• rūpeṇa: by (this) form
• rūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; रूपेण इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• deveśi: O goddess, lord of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• drakṣyanti: will see
• drakṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• āśrame: in the hermitage
• āśrame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• mahā-puṇye: in the very holy (hermitage)
• mahā-puṇye: Adhikarana-visheshana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (महा प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (पुण्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—कर्मधारय (महत् पुण्यम्); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; आश्रमे इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• parām: supreme
• parām: Karma-visheshana (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गतिम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• gatim: destination
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator continuing the Māhātmya; addressed to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-āśrama on Varaparvata (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśī) and Devas (implied audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims (men and women) approaching a forest hermitage on a mountain; the Goddess appears in a specific, recognizable form; the atmosphere is charged with merit and liberation promise.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Deveśī)
• Āśrama (holy hermitage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī-darśana in a sanctified place is presented as a direct cause for attaining the supreme spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A highly meritorious āśrama within Arbuda-kṣetra (Arbuda Khaṇḍa) is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is darśana—beholding the Goddess in this form at the holy hermitage.