Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

चतुर्भुजाः कुंडलिनः किरीटकटकांगदैः । हारनूपुरसूत्रैश्च कटिसूत्राङ्गुलीयकैः । शोभिताः सर्व एवैते महापुरुषलक्षणाः

Transliteration

caturbhujāḥ kuṃḍalinaḥ kirīṭakaṭakāṃgadaiḥ | hāranūpurasūtraiśca kaṭisūtrāṅgulīyakaiḥ | śobhitāḥ sarva evaite mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇāḥ

Translation

അവർ എല്ലാവരും ചതുര്ഭുജരും കുണ്ഡലധാരികളും; കിരീടം, കടകം, അങ്കദം, ഹാരം, നൂപുരം, യജ്ഞോപവീതം, കടിസൂത്രം, അങ്കുലീയകം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് ശോഭിച്ചു. എല്ലാവരും മഹാപുരുഷലക്ഷണസമ്പന്നർ ആയിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• चतुर्भुजाः: four-armed
• चतुर्भुजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु (चत्वारः भुजाः येषां ते); Nominative plural

• कुण्डलिनः: wearing earrings
• कुण्डलिनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• किरीटकटकाङ्गदैः: with crowns, bracelets, and armlets
• किरीटकटकाङ्गदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट + कटक + अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (किरीटैः च कटकैः च अङ्गदैः च); Instrumental plural

• हारनूपुरसूत्रैः: with necklaces, anklets, and strings
• हारनूपुरसूत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार + नूपुर + सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (हारैः च नूपुरैः च सूत्रैः च); Instrumental plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• कटिसूत्राङ्गुलीयकैः: with waist-strings and rings
• कटिसूत्राङ्गुलीयकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटि + सूत्र + अङ्गुलीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (कटिसूत्रैः च अङ्गुलीयकैः च); Instrumental plural

• शोभिताः: adorned
• शोभिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √शुभ् (धातु) → शोभित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि; Nominative plural (adorned)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (these)

• महापुरुषलक्षणाः: having the marks of a great person
• महापुरुषलक्षणाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुरुष + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महापुरुषस्य लक्षणानि येषां ते); Nominative plural

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close, detailed view of divine attendants: four arms, earrings, crowns, bracelets, armlets, necklaces, anklets, sacred thread, waist-bands, rings—each figure bearing mahāpuruṣa auspicious marks, glowing with polished ornament.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity is recognized through auspicious qualities and disciplined splendor—outer radiance reflecting inner greatness (mahāpuruṣa-lakṣaṇa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to the Kedāra Khaṇḍa, associated with the Kedāra/Kedārnātha sacred landscape in the Himalayas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated here; it is a descriptive verse of divine appearance.