Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

दिव्याभरणदीप्तांगं दिव्यचंदनचर्चितम् । कालाग्निमिव दुर्धर्षं तेजसादित्यसन्निभम्

Transliteration

divyābharaṇadīptāṃgaṃ divyacaṃdanacarcitam | kālāgnimiva durdharṣaṃ tejasādityasannibham

Translation

His limbs blazed with celestial ornaments, and he was anointed with divine sandalpaste—unassailable like the fire of dissolution, radiant in splendour like the sun.

Word by Word

• divya-ābharaṇa-dīpta-aṅgam: having limbs radiant with divine ornaments
• divya-ābharaṇa-dīpta-aṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘दिव्यैः आभरणैः दीप्तानि अङ्गानि यस्य/यत्’)

• divya-candana-carcitam: smeared/anointed with divine sandalwood
• divya-candana-carcitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + candana (प्रातिपदिक) + carcita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘दिव्यचन्दनेन चर्चितम्/लेपितम्’)

• kāla-agniम्: the fire of Time (cosmic conflagration)
• kāla-agniम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘कालस्य अग्निः’ = प्रलयाग्निः)

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle)

• durdharṣam: hard to assail/unyielding
• durdharṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur- (उपसर्ग/प्रत्ययवत्) + dharṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दुर्धर्ष’ = ‘दुर्जेय/अप्रधर्ष्य’

• tejasā: by (his) radiance
• tejasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• āditya-sannibham: resembling the sun
• āditya-sannibham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘आदित्यवत् सन्निभम्’ = सूर्यसदृशम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formidable, sun-bright figure whose jeweled ornaments emit light; sandalpaste sheen on limbs; aura suggesting both auspiciousness and terrifying invincibility, like restrained cosmic fire.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True authority in Purāṇic narrative is marked by tejas (spiritual radiance), suggesting inner merit and divine protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly glorified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on describing celestial splendour.