Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

कंठलग्रेन मणिना कौस्तुभेन च शोभितः । सुवर्णवेत्रहस्तैश्च सौविदल्लैरनेकशः

Transliteration

kaṃṭhalagrena maṇinā kaustubhena ca śobhitaḥ | suvarṇavetrahastaiśca sauvidallairanekaśaḥ

Translation

Geschmückt mit dem Kaustubha-Juwel, das an Seinem Hals ruht, erstrahlte Er; und rings um Ihn standen viele Diener, die goldene Stäbe trugen.

Word by Word

• कण्ठलग्रेन: with (the gem) fastened at the neck
• कण्ठलग्रेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कण्ठ + लग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कण्ठे लग्रः)

• मणिना: by the jewel
• मणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• कौस्तुभेन: by the Kaustubha (gem)
• कौस्तुभेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौस्तुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

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

• शोभितः: adorned
• शोभितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• सुवर्णवेत्रहस्तैः: with hands holding golden staffs
• सुवर्णवेत्रहस्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण + वेत्र + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सुवर्णस्य वेत्रं, तेन हस्ताः / वेत्रहस्ताः)

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

• सौविदल्लैः: with Sauvidalla attendants (proper/tribal name)
• सौविदल्लैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौविदल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: in many ways / in great numbers
• अनेकशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu stands adorned with the Kaustubha jewel at His throat; around Him are numerous attendants holding golden staffs, forming a protective and ceremonial ring, like a divine royal assembly at the sea-tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Kaustubha
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa teaches remembrance through sacred form (rūpa): contemplating the Lord’s auspicious marks steadies devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha, presented as a place where the Lord’s iconographic glory becomes directly perceivable.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual instruction appears in this verse.