Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

दिव्यरत्नान्विते स्कन्दो निषण्णः परमासने । सर्वमंगलसंभारैर्विधिमंत्रपुरस्कृतम्

Transliteration

divyaratnānvite skando niṣaṇṇaḥ paramāsane | sarvamaṃgalasaṃbhārairvidhimaṃtrapuraskṛtam

Translation

दिव्य रत्नों से विभूषित परम आसन पर स्कन्द विराजमान थे। समस्त मङ्गल सामग्री सजाई गई थी और पवित्र मन्त्रों के अग्रगमन में विधि-क्रिया चल रही थी।

Word by Word

• दिव्यरत्नान्विते: in/with (a seat) adorned with divine gems
• दिव्यरत्नान्विते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + रत्न + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—दिव्यैः रत्नैः अन्विते (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष); विशेषण (आसने/स्थाने)

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• निषण्णः: seated
• निषण्णः: Kriyā (State/action as participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमासने: on the supreme seat
• परमासने: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—परमम् आसनम्

• सर्वमङ्गलसंभारैः: with all auspicious requisites
• सर्वमङ्गलसंभारैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + मङ्गल + संभार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वेषां मङ्गलानां संभाराः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• विधिमन्त्रपुरस्कृतम्: preceded by rites and mantras
• विधिमन्त्रपुरस्कृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier; of implied कर्म/विधानम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि + मन्त्र + पुरस् + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘पुरस्कृत’ (placed in front/honoured); समासः—विधिः च मन्त्रः च पुरतः कृतः यस्य (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrative voice

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda enthroned on a jewel-studded supreme seat; attendants arrange auspicious items—kalasha, flowers, lamps, incense—while priests recite mantras, creating a luminous, ceremonial tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• mantra
• maṅgala-sāmagrī (auspicious items)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred kingship/consecration is upheld by purity, auspicious preparation, and mantra-governed ritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse highlights the consecration setting and its ritual sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of rites with proper vidhis and mantras, using auspicious materials, is emphasized.