Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भक्तिगम्या च सा देवी कुमारी ब्रह्मणः सुता । रक्तांबरधरा साधुरक्तचंदनचर्चिता

Transliteration

bhaktigamyā ca sā devī kumārī brahmaṇaḥ sutā | raktāṃbaradharā sādhuraktacaṃdanacarcitā

Translation

La Déesse Kumārī s’atteint par la bhakti ; elle est la fille de Brahmā. Vêtue de rouge, elle est de bon augure et ointe de santal rouge.

Word by Word

• भक्ति-गम्या: attainable by devotion
• भक्ति-गम्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + गम्या (गम्-धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ('attainable through devotion')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: 'she')

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुमारी: Kumārī
• कुमारी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (context: Brahmā), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रक्त-अम्बर-धरा: wearing red clothes
• रक्त-अम्बर-धरा: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ('wearing red garments')

• साधु-रक्त-चन्दन-चर्चिता: anointed with fine red sandal paste
• साधु-रक्त-चन्दन-चर्चिता: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + चर्चिता (चर्च्-धातु, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ('smeared with good red sandal-paste')

Speaker

Narrator within the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya context (exact speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumārī Devī, auspicious and youthful, clad in red, anointed with red sandal paste; devotees approach with offerings, emphasizing bhakti as the path.

Characters & Entities

• Kumārī
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is approached not by mere status but by bhakti; her auspicious iconography guides devotional worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra glorification by describing its presiding Goddess, Kumārī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied worship through offering red garments and applying red sandal paste (raktacandana) to the deity.