Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्स रमते देवः स्त्रीभिः परिवृतस्तदा । हारनूपुरकेयूररसनाद्यैर्विभूषणैः

Transliteration

tasminsa ramate devaḥ strībhiḥ parivṛtastadā | hāranūpurakeyūrarasanādyairvibhūṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

There the Lord sported then, surrounded by women adorned with ornaments—necklaces, anklets, armlets, girdles, and the like.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रमते: sports/enjoys
• रमते: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्त्रीभिः: with women
• स्त्रीभिः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (सह/करण), बहुवचन

• परिवृतः: surrounded
• परिवृतः: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-वृत् (धातु) → परिवृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त: ‘surrounded’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• हार: necklaces
• हार: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• नूपुर: anklets
• नूपुर: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नूपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• केयूर: armlets
• केयूर: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केयूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• रसना: girdles
• रसना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद

• आद्यैः: and other (ornaments)
• आद्यैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; ‘and others’ (in -ādi list)

• विभूषणैः: with ornaments
• विभूषणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka udyāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa in the grove, encircled by women, all richly adorned; necklaces and armlets catch the light; anklets ring as they move; the garden’s blossoms frame the scene like a natural mandapa.

Characters & Entities

• deva (the Lord)
• striyaḥ (women/attendants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya passages often use līlā (divine sport) to magnify the kṣetra’s auspiciousness and the Lord’s intimacy with the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivataka-udyāna in the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description.