Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कमण्डलुधरा देवी घण्टाभरणभूषिता । अक्षमालायुता राजञ्छुभा सा शुभरूपिणी

Transliteration

kamaṇḍaludharā devī ghaṇṭābharaṇabhūṣitā | akṣamālāyutā rājañchubhā sā śubharūpiṇī

Translation

Wahai raja, Sang Dewi memegang kamaṇḍalu (kendi suci), berhias ornamen lonceng, serta mengenakan akṣamālā (tasbih). Ia penuh keberkahan, berwujud yang amat suci dan mujur.

Word by Word

• कमण्डलुधरा: bearing a water-pot (kamaṇḍalu)
• कमण्डलुधरा: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमण्डलुधरा (प्रातिपदिक; कमण्डलु + धरा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• घण्टाभरणभूषिता: adorned with bell-ornaments
• घण्टाभरणभूषिता: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घण्टाभरणभूषित (प्रातिपदिक; घण्टा + आभरण + भूषित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘भूषित’

• अक्षमालायुतā: endowed with a rosary
• अक्षमालायुतā: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षमालायुत (प्रातिपदिक; अक्षमाला + युत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘युत’ (क्त/निष्ठा-प्रायः, ‘endowed with’)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभा: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभा: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभरूपिणी: having an auspicious form
• शुभरूपिणी: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभरूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक; शुभ + रूपिणी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīmātā temple (implied)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close iconographic portrait of the auspicious goddess: holding a kamaṇḍalu, wearing bell-ornaments that chime, and carrying a rosary; her face radiates śubha-lakṣaṇa (auspicious marks).

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā (implied)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred form (mūrti-lakṣaṇa) is taught as a dharmic aid: the Goddess’s auspicious iconography supports remembrance, worship, and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Dharmāraṇya’s Māhātmya, the Goddess is described as a resident guardian-deity whose form is remembered in that sacred context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse provides identifying iconographic marks—kamaṇḍalu, bell-ornaments, and rosary—useful for contemplation and proper worship.