Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

कंचुकी परमा दिव्या नानारत्नैश्च शोभिता । अंगीकृता तदा देव्या रराज परया श्रिया

Transliteration

kaṃcukī paramā divyā nānāratnaiśca śobhitā | aṃgīkṛtā tadā devyā rarāja parayā śriyā

Translation

Un corsage suprêmement divin, resplendissant de joyaux de toutes sortes, fut alors accepté par la Déesse; et elle rayonna d’une splendeur sans égale.

Word by Word

• कंचुकी: a bodice/corset (upper garment)
• कंचुकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंचुकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमा: supreme, excellent
• परमा: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with कंचुकी)

• दिव्या: divine, splendid
• दिव्या: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with कंचुकी)

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थे (indeclinable used adjectivally: ‘various’)

• रत्नैः: with jewels
• रत्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• शोभिता: adorned, beautified
• शोभिता: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभित (कृदन्त; √शुभ्/शोभ् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• अंगीकृता: accepted, put on (taken up)
• अंगीकृता: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गी-कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) + क्त; उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद: अङ्गी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• रराज: shone, glittered
• रराज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √राज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परया: supreme, excellent
• परया: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with श्रिया)

• श्रिया: with splendor/beauty
• श्रिया: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī accepts a jewel-studded divine bodice; her form radiates incomparable splendor, with attendants nearby and a Himalayan sacred ambience implied.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Goddess, i.e., Pārvatī implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine splendor (śrī) is depicted as an outward sign of inner auspiciousness surrounding sacred union and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra, the setting of the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates ceremonial adornment befitting a sacred occasion.