Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20
उमेव मांगल्यवती दमयंतीव रूपिणी । भारतीव कलाभिज्ञा लक्ष्मीरिव महागुणा
umeva māṃgalyavatī damayaṃtīva rūpiṇī | bhāratīva kalābhijñā lakṣmīriva mahāguṇā
അവൾ ഉമയെപ്പോലെ മംഗളവതി, ദമയന്തിയെപ്പോലെ രൂപിണി; ഭാരതി (സരസ്വതി)യെപ്പോലെ കലകളിൽ നിപുണ, ലക്ഷ്മിയെപ്പോലെ മഹാഗുണസമ്പന്ന.
A learned Brahmin (continuing the courtly description)
Scene: A poetic portrait of the girl as a composite of four divine/ideal figures: Umā’s auspicious glow, Damayantī’s beauty, Sarasvatī’s artistry, Lakṣmī’s virtues—shown as symbolic attributes around her (lotus, vīṇā, auspicious marks).
FAQs
The feminine ideal is celebrated as a convergence of auspiciousness, beauty, knowledge, and virtue—qualities honored as divine.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is an encomium (praise) through divine comparisons.
None; it provides a laudatory characterization using archetypes of revered women and goddesses.