Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

पुनरन्यच्चकारासौ डिंडिरूपं मनोरमम् । जयशब्दप्रघोषेण वेदमङ्गलगीतकैः

Transliteration

punaranyaccakārāsau ḍiṃḍirūpaṃ manoramam | jayaśabdapraghoṣeṇa vedamaṅgalagītakaiḥ

Translation

De nouveau, il prit une autre forme ravissante : la forme de Ḍiṃḍi, au milieu des acclamations de « Victoire ! » et des chants védiques de bon augure.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘another (thing/form)’

• चकार: made, did
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• डिण्डि-रूपम्: a ḍiṇḍi-form (a kind of figure/form)
• डिण्डि-रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डिण्डि (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (डिण्डेः/डिण्डि-सम्बन्धि रूपम्)

• मनोरमम्: charming, delightful
• मनोरमम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (डिण्डि-रूपम्)

• जय-शब्द-प्रघोषेण: by the loud cry of ‘victory’
• जय-शब्द-प्रघोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रघोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (जयस्य शब्दः, तस्य प्रघोषः; ‘by the loud proclamation of “jaya”’)

• वेद-मङ्गल-गीतकैः: with Vedic auspicious songs
• वेद-मङ्गल-गीतकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + गीतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (वेदाः मङ्गलानि च गीतकानि/वेदसम्बन्धि मङ्गलगानानि)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra assumes a charming Ḍiṃḍi-form amid a jubilant sacred assembly; sages and attendants chant Vedic maṅgalas while victory-cries resound, suggesting a consecration-festival atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (implied)
• Ḍiṃḍi (manifestation-name)
• Vedic chants

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is celebrated through maṅgala (auspicious) sound—victory cries and Vedic recitation sanctify the manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Rudra’s named forms become woven into local sacred memory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied praise through Vedic maṅgala-gīta and jaya-proclamation, though no formal vrata is specified here.