Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

विभ्रष्टभूषणगणां कृशदेहवल्लीं म्लानाननांबुजरुचं मरणे प्रसक्ताम् । मेने स विग्रहवतीं करुणां कृपालुस्तां सौख्यदां गुणवतीं प्रणतार्तिहन्त्रीम्

Transliteration

vibhraṣṭabhūṣaṇagaṇāṃ kṛśadehavallīṃ mlānānanāṃbujarucaṃ maraṇe prasaktām | mene sa vigrahavatīṃ karuṇāṃ kṛpālustāṃ saukhyadāṃ guṇavatīṃ praṇatārtihantrīm

Translation

Ihre Schmuckstücke waren herabgefallen; ihr Leib war mager wie eine verdorrte Ranke; der lotushafte Glanz ihres Antlitzes war erloschen, und ihr Sinn hing am Tod. Als der barmherzige Herr sie so sah, erkannte Er in ihr das leibhaftige Erbarmen selbst: Spenderin von Trost, tugendreich und Vernichterin des Leids derer, die sich in Hingabe verneigen.

Word by Word

• vibhraṣṭa-bhūṣaṇa-gaṇām: with her ornaments fallen away
• vibhraṣṭa-bhūṣaṇa-gaṇām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√bhraṃś (धातु) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त (विभ्रष्ट = fallen off) + तत्पुरुषः (भूषणानां गणः) = "whose ornaments-group has fallen off" (qualifies tām/devīm)

• kṛśa-deha-vallīm: the slender-bodied creeper-like (lady)
• kṛśa-deha-vallīm: Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛśa (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक) + vallī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृशः देहः यस्याः सा; उपमा-रूपेण वल्ली) = "a creeper-like woman with a thin body"

• mlāna-ānana-ambuja-rucam: whose lotus-face radiance had faded
• mlāna-ānana-ambuja-rucam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mlāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक) + ambuja (प्रातिपदिक) + ruc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-सन्निवेशः = "having the lotus-like face-lustre faded" (qualifies tām)

• maraṇe: in death (as aim)
• maraṇe: Adhikaraṇa (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन = locative; "in/for death"

• prasaktām: intent on
• prasaktām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√sañj (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त (प्रसक्त) = "attached/intent" (qualifies tām)

• mene: considered
• mene: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √man (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद = "thought/considered"

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = "he"

• vigraha-vatīm: embodied
• vigraha-vatīm: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vigraha (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त (वत् = possessing) = "embodied" (qualifies karuṇām/tām)

• karuṇām: compassion
• karuṇām: Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karuṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = accusative; abstract used as apposition

• kṛpāluḥ: the compassionate one
• kṛpāluḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpālu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण = "compassionate" (of saḥ)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = "her"

• saukhya-dām: giver of happiness
• saukhya-dām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saukhya (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (सौख्यं ददाति) = "giver of happiness" (qualifies tām)

• guṇa-vatīm: virtuous
• guṇa-vatīm: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त (वत्) = "possessing virtues"

• praṇata-ārti-hantrīm: remover of devotees' distress
• praṇata-ārti-hantrīm: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praṇata (प्रातिपदिक) + ārti (प्रातिपदिक) + hantrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (प्रणतानाम् आर्तिं हन्ति) = "destroyer of the distress of the bowed/surrendered"

Speaker

Prahlāda (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The goddess appears emaciated, ornaments fallen, face-lotus faded; the Lord, moved by compassion, recognizes her as Compassion incarnate—protector of the surrendered.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa (implied Lord)
• devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s gaze is compassionate and restorative; surrender (praṇati) draws the removal of anguish and the gift of inner solace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya, connecting the Lord’s compassion with the sacred aura of Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied practice is praṇāma/surrender and reliance on divine grace.