Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अमूल्याभरणैर्भक्त्या महारत्नविनिर्मितैः । दिव्यैर्माल्यैरनेकैश्च नन्दनादिसमुद्भवैः

Transliteration

amūlyābharaṇairbhaktyā mahāratnavinirmitaiḥ | divyairmālyairanekaiśca nandanādisamudbhavaiḥ

Translation

With devotion they offered priceless ornaments fashioned of great jewels, and many divine garlands that had arisen from Nandana and other celestial gardens.

Word by Word

• अमूल्याभरणैः: with priceless ornaments
• अमूल्याभरणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमूल्य + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; ‘अमूल्य’ इति विशेषणपूर्वपदसमासः

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महारत्नविनिर्मितैः: made of great jewels
• महारत्नविनिर्मितैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + रत्न + विनिर्मित (कृदन्त; √मा/मि (माने/मितौ) उपसर्ग-वि-नि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘विनिर्मित’ = made; ‘महारत्न’ इति तत्पुरुषसमासः

• दिव्यैः: divine
• दिव्यैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• माल्यैः: with garlands
• माल्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनेकैः: many
• अनेकैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• नन्दनादिसमुद्भवैः: arisen from Nandana and the like
• नन्दनादिसमुद्भवैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नन्दन + आदि + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘नन्दनादि’ (तत्पुरुष) + ‘समुद्भव’ (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थः: arising from)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā Kṛṣṇa-arcana (divya-upacāra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and sages present jewel-crafted ornaments and heaps of divine garlands from Nandana and other celestial gardens before Kṛṣṇa’s shrine; attendants arrange offerings in shining rows.

Characters & Entities

• Nandana (celestial garden)
• Divine garlands
• Ornaments (ābharaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion sanctifies offerings—external splendor becomes meaningful when rooted in bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where even celestial-quality offerings are imagined as fitting for the Lord’s worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upacāra pūjā through ornaments and garlands—an example of devotional service using flowers and adornments.