Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

तस्मै निवेदयामास महिषाय सविस्मयः । दृष्टा दैत्यवर स्त्री च सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता

Transliteration

tasmai nivedayāmāsa mahiṣāya savismayaḥ | dṛṣṭā daityavara strī ca sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā

Translation

ಅವನು ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಮಹಿಷನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ವರದಿ ಮಾಡಿದನು—“ಓ ದೈತ್ಯಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ನಾನು ಆ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯನ್ನು ಕಂಡೆ; ಅವಳು ಸರ್ವ ಶುಭಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳಿಂದ ಲಕ್ಷಿತಳಾಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.”

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (dative singular of pronoun)

• निवेदयामास: reported / informed
• निवेदयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; णिजन्त-प्रयोगः (causative)

• महिषाय: to Mahiṣa (Mahisha)
• महिषाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचनम्

• सविस्मयः: astonished
• सविस्मयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying the speaker)

• दृष्टा: (she) was seen / seen
• दृष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भूतकर्मणि-भावः (past passive participle: 'seen')

• दैत्यवर: O best of the Daityas
• दैत्यवर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + वर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; सम्बोधनार्थे/विशेषणवत् प्रयोगः (used as epithet: 'best of daityas')

• स्त्री: a woman
• स्त्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: endowed with all auspicious marks
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying स्त्री)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the messenger’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbudācala

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the addressed king (rājan) in the wider telling

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The messenger, eyes widened, returns to Mahīṣa and delivers a marveling report: the woman is adorned with every auspicious sign, her presence itself a portent.

Characters & Entities

• Mahīṣāsura (Mahīṣa)
• Dūta (messenger)
• The auspiciously-marked maiden

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and divine purpose manifest as auspicious qualities; true splendor is linked to dharma and inner power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The report concerns what was seen at Arbudācala, the sacred mountain of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description emphasizing auspicious characteristics.