Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

गौरांगी सुन्दरी सुभ्रूः पीनोन्नतपयोधरा । सुकेशा चंद्रवदना कर्णासक्तविलोचना

Transliteration

gaurāṃgī sundarī subhrūḥ pīnonnatapayodharā | sukeśā caṃdravadanā karṇāsaktavilocanā

Translation

Aux membres clairs, belle, aux sourcils gracieux ; aux seins pleins et relevés ; à la chevelure splendide, au visage de lune, et aux yeux s’étirant avec grâce vers les oreilles—

Word by Word

• गौराङ्गी: fair-limbed
• गौराङ्गी: Visheshana (describing a woman)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गौर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: गौर + अङ्गी (कर्मधारय: गौराणि अङ्गानि यस्याः/या), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुन्दरी: beautiful
• सुन्दरी: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुभ्रूः: with lovely eyebrows
• सुभ्रूः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-समासवत् (good eyebrows)

• पीनोन्नतपयोधरा: having full and uplifted breasts
• पीनोन्नतपयोधरा: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीन (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्नत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + पयोधरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (बहुपद): पीन + उन्नत + पयोधरा (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव, तत्पुरुष-प्राय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुकेशा: with beautiful hair
• सुकेशा: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सु + केश (कर्मधारय: सुन्दराः केशाः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चन्द्रवदना: moon-faced
• चन्द्रवदना: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: चन्द्र + वदना (कर्मधारय: चन्द्र इव वदनं यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्णासक्तविलोचना: whose eyes reach/are attached up to the ears (long-eyed)
• कर्णासक्तविलोचना: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + विलोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्ण + आसक्त + विलोचना (तत्पुरुष-प्राय; कर्णेषु आसक्ते विलोचने यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (describing Mohinī/devī arisen in the amṛta-manthana context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine woman (Mohinī) appears—fair-limbed, exquisitely adorned; close-up emphasis on brows, hair, moonlike face, and elongated eyes; surrounding beings gaze in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Mohinī (implied)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray beauty as a form of māyā that tests restraint and discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the chapter’s sacred-geography frame; this verse is part of the mythic illustration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.