Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

दिव्यांबरा दिव्यमाल्या दिव्यगंधानुलेपनाः । दिव्यभोगैः सुसंपन्नाः स्वेच्छाविधृतविग्रहाः

Transliteration

divyāṃbarā divyamālyā divyagaṃdhānulepanāḥ | divyabhogaiḥ susaṃpannāḥ svecchāvidhṛtavigrahāḥ

Translation

Revêtues d’habits divins, parées de guirlandes célestes et ointes de parfums du ciel, elles sont comblées de jouissances supraterrestres et prennent la forme selon leur volonté.

Word by Word

• दिव्यांबराः: wearing divine garments
• दिव्यांबराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (divine + garments)

• दिव्यमाल्याः: adorned with divine garlands
• दिव्यमाल्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (divine + garlands)

• दिव्यगंधानुलेपनाः: anointed with divine perfumes
• दिव्यगंधानुलेपनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (anointed with divine fragrances)

• दिव्यभोगैः: with divine enjoyments/pleasures
• दिव्यभोगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; करणत्वे (by means of)

• सुसंपन्नाः: well-provided/fully endowed
• सुसंपन्नाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + संपन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पद्/√पन् धातु, सम्-उपसर्ग; past participle)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (well-endowed)

• स्वेच्छाविधृतविग्रहाः: having bodies assumed at will
• स्वेच्छाविधृतविग्रहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक) + विधृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धातु, वि-उपसर्ग; past participle) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (forms/bodies assumed at will)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial women wearing luminous garments and garlands, skin gleaming with perfumed unguents; they enjoy divine pleasures and can assume forms at will—depicted as subtle shifts of aura and silhouette, like living light.

Characters & Entities

• Apsarāḥ
• Apsaroloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts the splendor of heavenly enjoyment, implicitly reminding that such pleasures are still within saṃsāra—hence the Purāṇic call to seek enduring merit and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it remains a descriptive segment within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.