Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

हारकेयूरकटकनासाभरणभूषिता । उर्वश्याद्यप्सरोभिश्च सखिभिः परिवारिता

Transliteration

hārakeyūrakaṭakanāsābharaṇabhūṣitā | urvaśyādyapsarobhiśca sakhibhiḥ parivāritā

Translation

Geschmückt mit Halsketten, Armreifen, Armbändern und Nasenschmuck, war sie von ihren Gefährtinnen, den Apsaras, umgeben, allen voran Urvaśī.

Word by Word

• हारकेयूरकटकनासाभरणभूषिता: adorned with necklaces, armlets, bracelets, and nose-ornaments
• हारकेयूरकटकनासाभरणभूषिता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāra + keyūra + kaṭaka + nāsābharaṇa + bhūṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular; विशेषण; समास: हार-केयूर-कटक-नासाभरणैः भूषिता (‘adorned with...’) बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (करणार्थ)

• उर्वशी: by Urvaśī
• उर्वशी: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular (समुच्चयार्थे)

• आद्य: and others
• आद्य: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; ‘and others’ (आदि-शब्दः)

• अप्सरोभिः: by the apsarases
• अप्सरोभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात — Conjunction/particle ‘and’

• सखिभिः: by friends
• सखिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परिवारिता: surrounded/attended
• परिवारिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-vṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta in Setu Khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapitīrtha (implied as cause)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rambhā in full ornamentation—hāra, keyūra, kaṭaka, nāsābharaṇa—surrounded by apsarases led by Urvaśī, forming a graceful procession around the celestial chariot.

Characters & Entities

• Urvaśī
• Apsarases
• Rambhā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace restores one’s rightful dignity and auspiciousness, portrayed as divine beauty and companionship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapitīrtha, in whose narrative the purified one returns to celestial society.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it continues describing the फल (result) of Kapitīrtha bathing.