Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

करांगुल्यो वसूनां च तेजसा कल्पितास्तथा । कुबेरतेजसा विप्रा नासिकापरिकल्पिता

Transliteration

karāṃgulyo vasūnāṃ ca tejasā kalpitāstathā | kuberatejasā viprā nāsikāparikalpitā

Translation

അതുപോലെ വസുക്കളുടെ തേജസ്സാൽ അവളുടെ കൈവിരലുകൾ നിർമ്മിതമായി; ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ, കുബേരതേജം കൊണ്ട് അവളുടെ നാസിക രൂപപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• कर-अङ्गुल्यः: the fingers (of the hands)
• कर-अङ्गुल्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गुली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: करस्य अङ्गुल्यः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वसूनाम्: of the Vasus
• वसूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

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

• तेजसा: by (their) energy
• तेजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कल्पिताः: were formed
• कल्पिताः: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रियाविशेषण-समाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भाव

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• कुबेरतेजसा: by Kubera's energy
• कुबेरतेजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Genitive): कुबेरस्य तेजसा; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि

• नासिका-परिकल्पिता: the nose was fashioned/constructed
• नासिका-परिकल्पिता: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नासिका (प्रातिपदिक) + परिकल्पिता (परि+कॢप् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Karmadhāraya-like determinative): नासिका (as subject) + परिकल्पिता (PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing vipras (brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close, delicate detailing: the Devī’s fingers gleam with the Vasus’ elemental radiance like jeweled rays; her nose is finely shaped with Kubera’s golden prosperity-tejas, suggesting auspiciousness and abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Vasus
• Kubera
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All divine functions—sustaining forces (Vasus) and prosperity (Kubera)—are harmonized in Devī for the welfare of the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Māhātmya (Rāmeśvaram–Setu sacred geography) is the contextual frame; this verse is primarily theological.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.