Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

इति संस्तुवतां तेषां हरिराविर्बभूव ह । पीतकौशेयवसनो वनमालाविभूषितः । दिव्यमाल्यानुलिप्तांगो दिव्याभरणभूषितः

Transliteration

iti saṃstuvatāṃ teṣāṃ harirāvirbabhūva ha | pītakauśeyavasano vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ | divyamālyānuliptāṃgo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

Translation

Tandis qu’ils le louaient ainsi, Hari se manifesta devant eux : vêtu de soie jaune, paré de la guirlande de la forêt ; ses membres oints de parfums et de fleurs divines, et orné de joyaux célestes.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणार्थक (quotative particle)

• संस्तुवताम्: of those who were praising
• संस्तुवताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्तु (धातु; स्तु + सम्) → संस्तुवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी? actually षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध?; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग?; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ) ‘संस्तुवत्’; षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• आविः: manifest, visibly
• आविः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आविस्/आविः (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; भावप्रकाशक (adverb: ‘manifestly/appearing’)

• बभूव: appeared/became
• बभूव: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• पीत-कौशेय-वसनः: wearing yellow silk garments
• पीत-कौशेय-वसनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + कौशेय (प्रातिपदिक) + वसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘पीतं कौशेयं वसनं यस्य’

• वनमाला-विभूषितः: adorned with a forest-garland
• वनमाला-विभूषितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वनमाला (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषित (कृदन्त; भूष् धातु + वि, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; समासः (तत्पुरुषः)

• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलिप्त-अङ्गः: whose body was anointed with divine garlands/perfumed offerings
• दिव्य-माल्य-अनुलिप्त-अङ्गः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (विशेषण) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलिप्त (कृदन्त; लिप् धातु + अनु, क्त) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः (तत्पुरुषः)

• दिव्य-आभरण-भूषितः: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्य-आभरण-भूषितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (विशेषण) + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (कृदन्त; भूष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः (तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (with Gomatī context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As yogins chant, Hari appears radiant: yellow silk garments, forest garland, divine perfumes and flowers on his limbs, celestial ornaments gleaming; devotees gaze in awe with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere stuti (praise) and tīrtha-devotion invite divine darśana—God responds with grace by revealing Himself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its sanctified setting, where Hari grants direct vision to worshippers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional praise (stuti) as a spiritual practice leading to darśana.