Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

दिव्यरूपधरः स्रग्वी वनमालाविभूषितः । कौस्तुभोद्द्योतिततनुः शंखचक्रगदाधरः

Transliteration

divyarūpadharaḥ sragvī vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ | kaustubhoddyotitatanuḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ

Translation

Er nahm eine göttliche Gestalt an, bekränzt und mit der Waldgirlande (vanamālā) geschmückt; sein Leib strahlte vom Kaustubha-Juwel, und er trug Muschel, Diskus und Keule.

Word by Word

• दिव्यरूपधरः: bearer of a divine form
• दिव्यरूपधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + रूप + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (दिव्यं रूपं धारयति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्रग्वी: garlanded
• स्रग्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रज् + विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त (विन्-प्रत्यय) ‘स्रग् अस्य अस्ति’

• वनमालाविभूषितः: adorned with the forest-garland
• वनमालाविभूषितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनमाला + विभूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (करण/साधनभाव: वनमालया विभूषितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (विष्णोः)

• कौस्तुभोद्द्योतिततनुः: whose body is illumined by the Kaustubha (gem)
• कौस्तुभोद्द्योतिततनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौस्तुभ + उद्द्योतित + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कौस्तुभेन उद्द्योतिता तनुः यस्य), बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शंखचक्रगदाधरः: bearer of conch, discus, and mace
• शंखचक्रगदाधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख + चक्र + गदा + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शंख-चक्र-गदां धरति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu manifests in full aiśvarya: radiant body lit by Kaustubha, wearing vanamālā and a garland, holding conch, discus, and mace; an assembly watches in reverent stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Kaustubha
• Śaṅkha
• Cakra
• Gadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order manifests with clear signs—Viṣṇu’s attributes symbolize protection, discernment, and the upholding of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where Viṣṇu’s epiphany forms part of the site’s Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a devotional description (stuti-like iconography).