Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

श्वेता त्वं श्वेतरूपासि शशांकेन समानना । शशिरश्मिप्रकाशेन हरिणोरसि राजसे । दिव्यकुंडलपूर्णाभ्यां श्रवणाभ्यां विभूषिता

Transliteration

śvetā tvaṃ śvetarūpāsi śaśāṃkena samānanā | śaśiraśmiprakāśena hariṇorasi rājase | divyakuṃḍalapūrṇābhyāṃ śravaṇābhyāṃ vibhūṣitā

Translation

Oh, tú que resplandeces, blanca de forma, con rostro semejante a la luna. Con el fulgor de los rayos lunares brillas sobre la piel de ciervo (como asiento o vestidura). Tus oídos están engalanados con pendientes divinos y perfectos.

Word by Word

• श्वेता: white, bright
• श्वेता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्वेत-रूपा: having a white form
• श्वेत-रूपा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śvetaṃ rūpaṃ yasyāḥ)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शशाङ्केन: with the moon
• शशाङ्केन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśāṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सम-आनना: having a face like (equal to) the moon
• सम-आनना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (samaṃ ānanaṃ yasyāḥ)

• शशि-रश्मि-प्रकाशेन: by the radiance of moonbeams
• शशि-रश्मि-प्रकाशेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक) + raśmi (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śaśinaḥ raśmīnāṃ prakāśena)

• हरिणा: with a deer
• हरिणा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hariṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• उरः: chest, breast
• उरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजसे: shine
• राजसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rāj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (राजसे)

• दिव्य-कुण्डल-पूर्णाभ्याम्: by (your) two ears filled with divine earrings
• दिव्य-कुण्डल-पूर्णाभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष (divyaiḥ kuṇḍalaiḥ pūrṇābhyām)

• श्रवणाभ्याम्: with the two ears
• श्रवणाभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन

• विभूषिता: adorned
• विभूषिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-bhūṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close iconographic focus on the goddess: white radiant body, moonlike face, cool moonbeam aura; she sits/stands with a deer-skin motif and wears divine earrings filling her ears, while Viṣṇu’s hymn continues off to the side.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditative praise (dhyāna-stuti) refines devotion by contemplating the Goddess’s luminous, pure form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The description belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, where divine forms and hymns sanctify the pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse functions as a visualization for worship and recitation.