Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरीरत्नमशेषमवनीपते । गुणैर्लाघवमभ्येति यस्याः संदर्शनादनु

Transliteration

trailokyasundarīratnamaśeṣamavanīpate | guṇairlāghavamabhyeti yasyāḥ saṃdarśanādanu

Translation

يا سيّد الأرض، كانت جوهرةَ الحسن في العوالم الثلاثة؛ وما إن تُرى حتى يبدو سواها كأنّه يفقد بهاءه وثِقَلَ فضله قياساً إليها.

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरीरत्नम्: the jewel-like beauty of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरीरत्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध-प्रधान); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (contextually appositive/object); 'the jewel among the beauties of the three worlds'

• अशेषम्: entirely/wholly
• अशेषम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् = 'entirely/without remainder'

• अवनीपते: O lord of the earth (king)
• अवनीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवनीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी); पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• गुणैः: by (her) qualities
• गुणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• लाघवम्: lightness/ease
• लाघवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अभ्येति: attains/approaches
• अभ्येति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• संदर्शनात्: from seeing (her)
• संदर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• अनु: thereupon/afterwards
• अनु: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्ग/निपात; here postpositional adverb = 'thereupon/after')

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king; not named in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Avanīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The manifested woman stands as ‘trailokya-sundarī-ratna’; her presence makes all other beauties seem diminished, as if their luster and ‘weight’ fade in comparison.

Characters & Entities

• Trailokya-sundarī (epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It poetically conveys incomparable excellence—used in Purāṇas to show how divine manifestations surpass ordinary allure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is descriptive within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.