Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

दिव्यवस्त्रसमाच्छन्ना दिव्याभरणभूषिता । नरयानस्थिता नारी प्रविवेश मृगैर्वृता

Transliteration

divyavastrasamācchannā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā | narayānasthitā nārī praviveśa mṛgairvṛtā

Translation

In göttliche Gewänder gehüllt und mit himmlischem Schmuck geschmückt, betrat die Frau, auf einem menschlichen Gefährt sitzend, von Hirschen umringt den Ort.

Word by Word

• दिव्यवस्त्रसमाच्छन्ना: covered with divine clothes
• दिव्यवस्त्रसमाच्छन्ना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + आ + छद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: ‘दिव्यवस्त्रैः समाच्छन्ना’ (covered with divine garments)

• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक) + भूष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: ‘दिव्यैः आभरणैः भूषिता’ (adorned with divine ornaments)

• नरयानस्थिता: seated in a palanquin/vehicle
• नरयानस्थिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नरयान (प्रातिपदिक) + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: ‘नरयाने स्थिता’ (seated in a man-drawn vehicle/palanquin)

• नारी: the woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रविवेश: entered
• प्रविवेश: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मृगैः: by/with the deer
• मृगैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• वृता: surrounded
• वृता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘परिवृता’ (surrounded)

Speaker

Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (source of the marvel)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the city gate or palace approach of Kānyakubja, a woman radiant in divine garments and ornaments sits in a human conveyance (palanquin/chariot), surrounded by deer like attendants, entering with solemn splendor.

Characters & Entities

• nārī (woman)
• mṛga (deer)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine markers (celestial attire and ornaments) hint at a hidden sacred identity, urging reverence and ethical restraint amid spectacle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra’s māhātmya context frames the miracle, even as the scene shifts toward the king’s domain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes wondrous appearance and procession.