Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

श्वेता त्वं श्वेतरूपासि शशांकेन समानना । शशिरश्मिप्रकाशेन हरिणोरसि राजसे । दिव्यकुंडलपूर्णाभ्यां श्रवणाभ्यां विभूषिता

Transliteration

śvetā tvaṃ śvetarūpāsi śaśāṃkena samānanā | śaśiraśmiprakāśena hariṇorasi rājase | divyakuṃḍalapūrṇābhyāṃ śravaṇābhyāṃ vibhūṣitā

Translation

O du Strahlende, weiß von Gestalt, mit einem Antlitz wie der Mond. Im Glanz der Mondstrahlen leuchtest du auf dem Hirschfell (als Sitz oder Gewand). Deine beiden Ohren sind mit vollendeten göttlichen Ohrringen geschmückt.

Word by Word

• श्वेता: white, bright
• श्वेता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्वेत-रूपा: having a white form
• श्वेत-रूपा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śvetaṃ rūpaṃ yasyāḥ)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शशाङ्केन: with the moon
• शशाङ्केन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśāṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सम-आनना: having a face like (equal to) the moon
• सम-आनना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (samaṃ ānanaṃ yasyāḥ)

• शशि-रश्मि-प्रकाशेन: by the radiance of moonbeams
• शशि-रश्मि-प्रकाशेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक) + raśmi (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śaśinaḥ raśmīnāṃ prakāśena)

• हरिणा: with a deer
• हरिणा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hariṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• उरः: chest, breast
• उरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजसे: shine
• राजसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rāj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (राजसे)

• दिव्य-कुण्डल-पूर्णाभ्याम्: by (your) two ears filled with divine earrings
• दिव्य-कुण्डल-पूर्णाभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष (divyaiḥ kuṇḍalaiḥ pūrṇābhyām)

• श्रवणाभ्याम्: with the two ears
• श्रवणाभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन

• विभूषिता: adorned
• विभूषिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-bhūṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close iconographic focus on the goddess: white radiant body, moonlike face, cool moonbeam aura; she sits/stands with a deer-skin motif and wears divine earrings filling her ears, while Viṣṇu’s hymn continues off to the side.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditative praise (dhyāna-stuti) refines devotion by contemplating the Goddess’s luminous, pure form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The description belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, where divine forms and hymns sanctify the pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse functions as a visualization for worship and recitation.