Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

किरीटकुंडलभ्राजन्महाहिवलयोज्ज्वलाः । शिवानुगा मया दृष्टा श्चत्वारः शुभलक्षणाः

Transliteration

kirīṭakuṃḍalabhrājanmahāhivalayojjvalāḥ | śivānugā mayā dṛṣṭā ścatvāraḥ śubhalakṣaṇāḥ

Translation

Je vis quatre compagnons de Śiva, marqués de signes favorables : ils brillaient de diadèmes et de boucles d’oreilles, et resplendissaient de grands serpents enroulés en bracelets.

Word by Word

• किरीट-कुण्डल-भ्राजन्-महाहि-वलय-उज्ज्वलाः: shining with crowns, earrings, and great-serpent armlets
• किरीट-कुण्डल-भ्राजन्-महाहि-वलय-उज्ज्वलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किरीट (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + भ्राजत्/भ्राजन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + महाहि (प्रातिपदिक) + वलय (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास ('those who are shining with crowns, earrings, and great-serpent bracelets')

• शिव-अनुगाः: followers/attendants of Śiva
• शिव-अनुगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: 'followers of Śiva')

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ-करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्टाः: were seen
• दृष्टाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि—'were seen'

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्या

• शुभ-लक्षणाः: of auspicious characteristics
• शुभ-लक्षणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास ('those having auspicious marks')

Speaker

Narrator (first-person voice in the passage; exact attribution not in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four Śiva-followers appear with auspicious features, wearing crowns and earrings that catch the light; thick serpent-coils form their bracelets, gleaming like living ornaments.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-anuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays the ordered, auspicious retinue of Śiva, implying that divine realms are governed by sacred signs and disciplined attendants, not chaos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned.