Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णा सर्वाभरणभूषिता । योगसिद्धिप्रदा नित्यं मोक्षाभ्युदयदायिनीम्

Transliteration

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | yogasiddhipradā nityaṃ mokṣābhyudayadāyinīm

Translation

Sie war vollendet in allen glückverheißenden Merkmalen, geschmückt mit jedem Schmuck—stets spendend die Siddhis des Yoga und verleihend sowohl Befreiung als auch segensreiche Wohlfahrt.

Word by Word

• सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णा: complete with all auspicious marks
• सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लक्षण-संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; components: सर्व + लक्षण + संपूर्ण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वलक्षणैः संपूर्णा)

• सर्वाभरणभूषिता: adorned with all ornaments
• सर्वाभरणभूषिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-आभरण-भूषित (कृदन्त; √भूष् (धातु) + क्त; components: सर्व + आभरण + भूषित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वाभरणैः भूषिता)

• योगसिद्धिप्रदा: giver of yogic attainments
• योगसिद्धिप्रदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग-सिद्धि-प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक; components: योग + सिद्धि + प्रदा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (योगसिद्धेः प्रदा)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मोक्षाभ्युदयदायिनीम्: (her) who grants liberation and worldly prosperity
• मोक्षाभ्युदयदायिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष-अभ्युदय-दायिनी (प्रातिपदिक; components: मोक्ष + अभ्युदय + दायिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-तत्पुरुषार्थ (मोक्षश्च अभ्युदयश्च तयोः दायिनी)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, fully ornamented and marked with auspicious signs, radiates benevolence; her right hand in varada-mudrā granting siddhi, her presence simultaneously serene, hinting at mokṣa beyond ornament and form.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mokṣa
• Yoga-siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine feminine is portrayed as the complete source of both spiritual freedom (mokṣa) and righteous well-being (abhyudaya), harmonizing worldly order with ultimate liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya highlights the Goddess’s auspicious presence and her power to grant both siddhi and mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse characterizes the fruit (phala) of devotion—yoga-siddhi, prosperity, and liberation.