Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरा दिव्यैरंगैः समन्विता । पद्मनेत्रा सुकेशांता सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता

Transliteration

divyamālyāṃbaradharā divyairaṃgaiḥ samanvitā | padmanetrā sukeśāṃtā sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā

Translation

Parée de guirlandes et de vêtements célestes, pourvue de membres divins et resplendissants — aux yeux de lotus, à la chevelure belle — elle portait tous les signes auspicieux de l’excellence.

Word by Word

• दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरा: wearing divine garlands and garments
• दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + माल्य + अम्बर + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; (दिव्ये माल्ये च अम्बरे च धरति)

• दिव्यैः: with divine
• दिव्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

• अङ्गैः: limbs
• अङ्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

• समन्विता: endowed, accompanied
• समन्विता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अनु + √इ (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘endowed/possessed’

• पद्मनेत्रा: lotus-eyed
• पद्मनेत्रा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; (पद्ममिव नेत्रे यस्याः)

• सुकेशान्ता: with beautiful hair
• सुकेशान्ता: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + केश + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; (सुन्दराः केशाः अन्ते/पर्यन्ते यस्याः)

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: marked with all auspicious signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (√लक्ष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (सर्वैः लक्षणैः लक्षिता)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Pulastya continuing the account to the listener-king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (stream/cascade on Arbudācala)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the stream emerges a transformed woman: lotus eyes, glossy hair, celestial garlands and garments, a soft aura; the mountain grove becomes a stage for a divine manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Ābhīrī (the woman)
• Tīrtha (sacred ford/place)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is portrayed as spiritually and even physically transformative, manifesting auspicious qualities in those touched by its power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to a sacred tīrtha within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), emphasizing the local holy-place potency, though the tīrtha name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; the surrounding context links such transformation to tīrtha-contact (commonly through snāna/bathing).