Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

तौ च तद्भस्मना स्पृष्टौ प्राप्तदिव्यकलेवरौ । देवानां सदृशं रूपं दधतुः कांतिभूषितम्

Transliteration

tau ca tadbhasmanā spṛṣṭau prāptadivyakalevarau | devānāṃ sadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ dadhatuḥ kāṃtibhūṣitam

Translation

Von jener Asche berührt, erlangten beide göttliche Leiber, eine Gestalt den Devas gleich, geschmückt mit strahlendem Glanz.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• भस्मना: with that ash
• भस्मना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; समासः: तद्-भस्म (that ash)

• स्पृष्टौ: touched
• स्पृष्टौ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पृष्ट (कृदन्त; √स्पृश् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन

• प्राप्त: having obtained
• प्राप्त: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप्/√प्राप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• कलेवरौ: (they) with bodies
• कलेवरौ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to तौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन; समासः: प्राप्त-दिव्य-कलेवर (having obtained divine bodies)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• सदृशम्: similar
• सदृशम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of रूपम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• रूपम्: form/appearance
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• दधतुः: they bore/assumed
• दधतुः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; द्विवचन

• कान्ति: splendour
• कान्ति: Viśeṣaṇa-aṅga (Qualifier in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• भूषितम्: adorned (with radiance)
• भूषितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of रूपम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूषित (कृदन्त; √भूष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; समासः: कान्ति-भूषित (adorned with splendour)

Speaker

Narrator (not specified in snippet; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mother and child, just touched with ash, now stand with luminous, godlike bodies; their skin glows, wounds vanish, and a soft aura surrounds them as Ṛṣabha watches calmly.

Characters & Entities

• Bhasma
• Mother
• Son
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification by Śaiva grace is depicted as transformative—healing not only restores but elevates.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular sacred geography is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Touch/application of sacred ash (bhasma) as a sanctifying, elevating rite.