Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यदा स्वकीयतेजोभिरर्कबिंबमरुन्धत । अरुंधती तदा जाता देवदानव वंदिता

Transliteration

yadā svakīyatejobhirarkabiṃbamarundhata | aruṃdhatī tadā jātā devadānava vaṃditā

Translation

ಆಕೆ ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಸೂರ್ಯಬಿಂಬವನ್ನೂ ಮಸುಕುಗೊಳಿಸಿದಾಗ, ದೇವ-ದಾನವರಿಂದ ವಂದಿತಳಾಗಿ ‘ಅರುಂಧತಿ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಳಾದಳು।

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (when)

• svakīya: one's own
• svakīya: Viśeṣaṇa (in compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svakīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग (one's own)

• tejobhiḥ: by (his) splendors/energy
• tejobhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• arkabiṃbam: the sun-disc
• arkabiṃbam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arka + biṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय (arkaḥ eva biṃbam)

• arundhata: he did not obstruct/stop
• arundhata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a-√rudh (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• arundhatī: Arundhatī
• arundhatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arundhatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• jātā: was born/became
• jātā: Kriya (State/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jan)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively)

• devadānava: by gods and demons
• devadānava: Karta (Agent of praising)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural) (understood with vaṃditā); द्वन्द्व (devaś ca dānavaś ca)

• vaṃditā: praised, revered
• vaṃditā: Viśeṣaṇa (of arundhatī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vandita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vand)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (praised)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Frame) Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Akṣamālā’s aura expands until it eclipses the sun’s disk; devas and dānavas, astonished, fold hands in reverence as she is hailed ‘Arundhatī’.

Characters & Entities

• Arundhatī
• Deva
• Dānava
• Sun (Arka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True virtue manifests as tejas—an inner radiance that commands reverence beyond social boundaries and even across cosmic factions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, which frames such transformations as part of Prabhāsa’s sacred narrative world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides an etymological/glorific identification of Arundhatī through her tejas.