Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

द्वीपिचर्मपरीधाना दिव्याभरणभूषिता । घंटात्रिशूलाक्षमालाकमंडलुधरा शुभा

Transliteration

dvīpicarmaparīdhānā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā | ghaṃṭātriśūlākṣamālākamaṃḍaludharā śubhā

Translation

അവൾ ദ്വീപിചർമ്മം ധരിച്ചു ദിവ്യാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതയാണ്. ശുഭസ്വരൂപിണിയായ ദേവി ഘണ്ട, ത്രിശൂലം, അക്ഷമാല, കമണ്ഡലു എന്നിവ ധരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• द्वीपिचर्मपरीधाना: wearing a leopard-skin
• द्वीपिचर्मपरीधाना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वीपि-चर्मन् + परि-धा (धातु) + शानच्/आन (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्तः—वर्तमानकाले (present participle sense) ‘परिधान’ (wearing); समासः—द्वीपिचर्म परिधत्ते (wearing leopard-skin)

• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषिता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + आभरण + भूष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—दिव्यैः आभरणैः भूषिता (adorned with divine ornaments)

• घण्टा: bell
• घण्टा: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूपेण)

• त्रिशूल: trident
• त्रिशूल: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूपेण); त्रिशूलम् (trident)

• अक्षमाला: rosary
• अक्षमाला: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूपेण); समासः—अक्षाणां माला (rosary of beads)

• कमण्डलु: water-pot
• कमण्डलु: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग-रूपेण)

• धरा: bearing (bell, trident, rosary, water-pot)
• धरा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धात्वर्थ ‘to hold’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पूर्वपदानि (घण्टा-त्रिशूल-अक्षमाला-कमण्डलु) कर्मधार्य/द्वन्द्व-समाहार-पूर्वकं तत्पुरुषः—तानि धारयति इति

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

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāntā/Tāmasī Devī shrine (Dakṣiṇa) in Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The auspicious Devī wears leopard-skin, gleaming divine ornaments, and holds a bell, trident, rosary, and water-pot; her remaining hands may hold other implied weapons/boons; the shrine glows with lamp-light reflecting off jewelry.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Śāntā/Tāmasī form)
• Triśūla
• Akṣamālā
• Kamaṇḍalu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess embodies both ascetic power and protective grace, shown through her emblems—trident, rosary, and kamaṇḍalu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya sacred setting is implied; the detailed form-description functions as a māhātmya marker for worship there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It supplies worship-visualization (dhyāna) and iconographic attributes to be used while performing Devī-pūjā.