Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

उत्फुल्लमल्लिकादामसुकुमारांगलक्षणा । कैकेयद्विजमुख्यस्य कस्यचित्तनया सती

Transliteration

utphullamallikādāmasukumārāṃgalakṣaṇā | kaikeyadvijamukhyasya kasyacittanayā satī

Translation

Her limbs were tender, as though adorned with garlands of blossoming jasmine; she was the virtuous daughter of a certain foremost brāhmaṇa of Kaikeya.

Word by Word

• utphullamallikādāmasukumārāṅgalakṣaṇā: having tender limbs like a garland of blossomed jasmine
• utphullamallikādāmasukumārāṅgalakṣaṇā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utphulla + mallikā + dāma + sukumāra + aṅga + lakṣaṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (विशेषणसमास), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सा/सुमित्रा)

• kaikeyadvijamukhyasya: of the chief brāhmaṇa of Kaikeya
• kaikeyadvijamukhyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaikeya + dvija + mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-समासभाव: 'chief brāhmaṇa of Kaikeya'), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• kasyacit: of some
• kasyacit: Sambandha (Genitive determiner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्टा (of some)

• tanayā: daughter
• tanayā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• satī: virtuous
• satī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (tanayā)

Speaker

Śivadūtas (continuing their explanation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahman

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sumitrā is portrayed with delicate limbs like soft jasmine garlands, standing in a dignified brāhmaṇa household of Kaikeya; her virtue is emphasized alongside beauty.

Characters & Entities

• Kaikeya
• Dvija
• Sumitrā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often establish a person’s earlier dharmic standing to show how subtle causes lead to later outcomes and eventual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; a geographic-cultural reference to Kaikeya appears.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narrative about lineage and virtue.