Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

विद्युत्कोटिसमाभास मुकुटेनातिशोभिता । सूर्यबिंबप्रभाभ्यां च कुण्डलाभ्यां विभूषिता

Transliteration

vidyutkoṭisamābhāsa mukuṭenātiśobhitā | sūryabiṃbaprabhābhyāṃ ca kuṇḍalābhyāṃ vibhūṣitā

Translation

Überaus strahlend erschien sie, geschmückt mit einer Krone, leuchtend wie zehn Millionen Blitze, und geziert mit einem Paar Ohrringe, die im Glanz der Sonnenscheibe erstrahlten.

Word by Word

• vidyutkoṭisamābhāsa: having brilliance like crores of lightning
• vidyutkoṭisamābhāsa: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective; describing devī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidyut (विद्युत्) + koṭi (कोटि) + samābhāsa (समाभास) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘विद्युत्कोट्या समः आभासः यस्य’ (having a brilliance equal to crores of lightning flashes)

• mukuṭena: with a crown
• mukuṭena: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukuṭa (मुकुट) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• atiśobhitā: greatly splendid/adorned
• atiśobhitā: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śubh/śobh (शुभ्/शोभ्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) with उपसर्ग ati-; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘greatly adorned/beautiful’

• sūryabiṃbaprabhābhyām: with (two) radiances like the sun’s disc
• sūryabiṃbaprabhābhyām: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (सूर्य) + biṃba (बिंब) + prabhā (प्रभा) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘सूर्यबिंबस्य प्रभा’ (radiance of the sun-disc)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च) (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: and)

• kuṇḍalābhyām: with two earrings
• kuṇḍalābhyām: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍala (कुण्डल) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; द्विवचन

• vibhūṣitā: adorned
• vibhūṣitā: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhūṣ (भूष्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) with उपसर्ग vi-; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; ‘adorned’

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; typically Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up iconographic focus: Devī’s crown blazing like countless lightning flashes; earrings shining like twin suns, flooding the scene with brilliance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is portrayed as overwhelming tejas (splendor), reinforcing awe and devotion toward the Goddess.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on the Goddess’s manifest form and ornaments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive (darśana) verse within the narrative.