Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विचित्रैः सूक्ष्मवस्त्रैश्च देवः सम्पूज्य वेष्टितः । स्रग्दामलम्बमानैश्च बहुदीपसमुज्ज्वलैः

Transliteration

vicitraiḥ sūkṣmavastraiśca devaḥ sampūjya veṣṭitaḥ | sragdāmalambamānaiśca bahudīpasamujjvalaiḥ

Translation

Nachdem die Gottheit vollkommen verehrt worden war, wurde sie geschmückt und in feine, bunt gemusterte Gewänder gehüllt; herabhängende Girlanden und viele Lampen ließen sie strahlen.

Word by Word

• विचित्रैः: with variegated/beautiful
• विचित्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (सूक्ष्मवस्त्रैः इत्यस्य)

• सूक्ष्मवस्त्रैः: with fine garments
• सूक्ष्मवस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (सूक्ष्माणि वस्त्राणि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• देवः: the deity
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सम्पूज्य: having fully worshipped
• सम्पूज्य: Kriya (Non-finite/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु) → सम्पूज्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund: 'having duly worshipped')

• वेष्टितः: was wrapped/adorned
• वेष्टितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेष्ट् (धातु) → वेष्टित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive: 'was wrapped/adorned')

• स्रग्दामलम्बमानैः: with garlands hanging down
• स्रग्दामलम्बमानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्रज् (प्रातिपदिक) + दामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अलम्बमान (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: बहुवचन, तृतीया (3rd/करण); तत्पुरुषसमास (स्रग्दाम्ना अलम्बमानैः = 'hanging with garlands'); अलम्बमान (शतृ-प्रत्यय, present participle) विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• बहुदीपसमुज्ज्वलैः: with many lamps brightly shining
• बहुदीपसमुज्ज्वलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + समुज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (बहुभिः दीपैः समुज्ज्वलाः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a sanctum: the deity newly dressed in delicate patterned cloth, garlands draped down the torso, and rows of oil lamps casting a golden halo across pillars and devotees’ faces.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Beauty offered to the Divine—clothing, garlands, and light—becomes a form of reverence that purifies the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-khaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred setting where such worship is extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adorn the deity with fine garments and garlands and illuminate the shrine with many lamps (dīpas).