Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

प्रादुर्बभूवतुर्मूर्ते सर्वाभरणभूषिते । देव्यौ ते स नमस्कृत्य काश्यपो भक्तिपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

prādurbabhūvaturmūrte sarvābharaṇabhūṣite | devyau te sa namaskṛtya kāśyapo bhaktipūrvakam

Translation

Die beiden Göttinnen erschienen in leibhaftiger Gestalt, geschmückt mit jeglichem Schmuck. Kāśyapa verneigte sich vor ihnen in hingebungsvoller Verehrung.

Word by Word

• प्रादुर्: manifestly / into appearance
• प्रादुर्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुस्/प्रादुर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (manifestly/into view)

• बभूवतुः: appeared / came to be
• बभूवतुः: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

• मूर्ते: two forms/figures
• मूर्ते: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• सर्व-आभरण-भूषिते: adorned with all ornaments
• सर्व-आभरण-भूषिते: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (कृदन्त; √भूष् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); ‘सर्वैः आभरणैः भूषिते’ (instrumental sense)

• देव्यौ: the two goddesses
• देव्यौ: Karma (Object of salutation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• ते: them (those two)
• ते: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम (referring to the two goddesses)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘नमस्करोति’ इत्यस्य पूर्वकर्म

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa
• काश्यपः: Kartā (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भक्तिपूर्वकम्: devoutly / with devotion
• भक्तिपूर्वकम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण — ‘भक्त्या पूर्वकम्/सहितम्’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Setukhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrthadvaya (Twin Tīrthas)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two radiant goddesses—Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī—manifest in full embodied splendor, richly ornamented; Kaśyapa stands with folded hands, head bowed; the twin waters reflect their halos like twin moons.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Gāyatrī
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage culminates in bhakti—recognizing and reverently saluting the divine when it becomes manifest.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The twin tīrtha locale in Setu-kṣetra where the two goddesses become visible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Namaskāra (prostration/salutation) as the proper response to divine darśana.