Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

दिव्यरत्नसमायुक्तं मणिमाणिक्यपूरितम् । यादवानां किरीटैश्च दिव्यगन्धैः सुपूरितम्

Transliteration

divyaratnasamāyuktaṃ maṇimāṇikyapūritam | yādavānāṃ kirīṭaiśca divyagandhaiḥ supūritam

Translation

Orné de joyaux célestes, comblé de gemmes et de rubis, et largement jonché des couronnes des Yādava, le tout entièrement pénétré de parfums divins.

Word by Word

• दिव्यरत्नसमायुक्तम्: endowed with divine jewels
• दिव्यरत्नसमायुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-आ-युक्त (युज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (दिव्यैः रत्नैः समायुक्तम्), भूतकर्मणि कृदन्ताधारित, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (स्थलम्/तत् इत्यस्य)

• मणिमाणिक्यपूरितम्: filled with gems and rubies
• मणिमाणिक्यपूरितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + माणिक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरित (पूर् धातु + क्त)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (मणयः च माणिक्यानि च) + तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त (तैः पूरितम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• यादवानाम्: of the Yādavas
• यादवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• किरीटैः: with crowns
• किरीटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

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

• दिव्यगन्धैः: with divine fragrances
• दिव्यगन्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (दिव्याः गन्धाः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सुपूरितम्: well-filled
• सुपूरितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पूरित (पूर् धातु + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yādava-sthala (jewel-strewn memorial)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ash-grey ground sparkling with scattered gems and rubies; overturned golden crowns half-buried; fragrant air with incense-like divine scent; pilgrims gaze in wonder and sorrow under a luminous sky.

Characters & Entities

• Yādava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly splendor ends, yet in a tīrtha it becomes a sign—redirecting attention from possession to sacred remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Yādava-sthala within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as saturated with relic-like treasures and divine scent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse describes the site’s extraordinary, sanctified atmosphere.