Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्तं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् । द्विभुजं चैकवक्त्रं च सौम्यपञ्चकधृक्करम्

Transliteration

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam | dvibhujaṃ caikavaktraṃ ca saumyapañcakadhṛkkaram

Translation

مُتَّصِفٌ بجميع العلامات المباركة، مُزَيَّنٌ بكلِّ الحُلِيّ؛ ذو ذراعين ووجهٍ واحد؛ وفي يديه يمسك مجموعة الخمس اللطيفة من الصفات الميمونة.

Word by Word

• सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्तम्: endowed with all marks
• सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: सर्व-लक्षण (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + संयुक्त (कर्मधारय-भाव)

• सर्वाभरणभूषितम्: adorned with all ornaments
• सर्वाभरणभूषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + आभरण + भूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: सर्व-आभरण (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + भूषित

• द्विभुजम्: two-armed
• द्विभुजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: द्वौ भुजौ यस्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एकवक्त्रम्: single-faced
• एकवक्त्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: एकं वक्त्रं यस्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• सौम्यपञ्चकधृक्करम्: having hands that hold the auspicious five (items)
• सौम्यपञ्चकधृक्करम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य + पञ्चक + धृक् + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: सौम्य-पञ्चक (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव) + धृक्-कर (उपपद-तत्पुरुष: धृक्=धारक)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close iconographic portrait: a serene, single-faced, two-armed deity seated on lotus, covered in ornaments and auspicious marks; in the hands are five gentle auspicious emblems grouped/represented (e.g., flowers, rosary, water-pot, gesture of boon, and a small banner), emphasizing sattva and benevolence.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious form (lakṣaṇa) supports auspicious results: contemplating divine beauty and completeness cultivates sattva and steadiness in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the worshipper is instructed in precise dhyāna of the solar deity’s form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dhyāna specification: the deity is to be envisioned as fully ornamented, two-armed, single-faced, bearing a benign set of five attributes.