Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कमण्डलुधरा देवी घण्टाभरणभूषिता । अक्षमालायुता राजञ्छुभा सा शुभरूपिणी

Transliteration

kamaṇḍaludharā devī ghaṇṭābharaṇabhūṣitā | akṣamālāyutā rājañchubhā sā śubharūpiṇī

Translation

O König, die Göttin trägt das Kamaṇḍalu (Wassergefäß), ist mit glöckchenartigen Schmuckstücken geziert und hält eine Rosenkranzkette; sie ist glückverheißend, von glückverheißender Gestalt.

Word by Word

• कमण्डलुधरा: bearing a water-pot (kamaṇḍalu)
• कमण्डलुधरा: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमण्डलुधरा (प्रातिपदिक; कमण्डलु + धरा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• घण्टाभरणभूषिता: adorned with bell-ornaments
• घण्टाभरणभूषिता: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घण्टाभरणभूषित (प्रातिपदिक; घण्टा + आभरण + भूषित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘भूषित’

• अक्षमालायुतā: endowed with a rosary
• अक्षमालायुतā: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षमालायुत (प्रातिपदिक; अक्षमाला + युत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘युत’ (क्त/निष्ठा-प्रायः, ‘endowed with’)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभा: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभा: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभरूपिणी: having an auspicious form
• शुभरूपिणी: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभरूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक; शुभ + रूपिणी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīmātā temple (implied)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close iconographic portrait of the auspicious goddess: holding a kamaṇḍalu, wearing bell-ornaments that chime, and carrying a rosary; her face radiates śubha-lakṣaṇa (auspicious marks).

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā (implied)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred form (mūrti-lakṣaṇa) is taught as a dharmic aid: the Goddess’s auspicious iconography supports remembrance, worship, and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dharmāraṇya’s Māhātmya, the Goddess is described as a resident guardian-deity whose form is remembered in that sacred context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse provides identifying iconographic marks—kamaṇḍalu, bell-ornaments, and rosary—useful for contemplation and proper worship.