Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

दिव्यमाल्यावरधरंदिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् । दिव्याभरणसंजुष्टं स्तूयमानं च किन्नरैः

Transliteration

divyamālyāvaradharaṃdivyagandhānulepanam | divyābharaṇasaṃjuṣṭaṃ stūyamānaṃ ca kinnaraiḥ

Translation

ഞാൻ ദിവ്യമാലകളും ദിവ്യവസ്ത്രങ്ങളും ധരിച്ചു, ദിവ്യസുഗന്ധം പൂശി, ദിവ്യാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ടവനായി; കിന്നരന്മാർ എന്നെ സ്തുതിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• divya-mālya-vara-dharam: wearing divine and excellent garlands
• divya-mālya-vara-dharam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + mālya (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (विशेषण-समास) ‘दिव्यं मालयं वरं च धारयति’ इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of implied object, e.g., mām/vimānam)

• divya-gandha-anulepanam: anointed with divine fragrance
• divya-gandha-anulepanam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘दिव्यगन्धेन अनुलेपनम्’ (smeared/anointed with divine fragrance); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• divya-ābharaṇa-saṃjuṣṭam: adorned with divine ornaments
• divya-ābharaṇa-saṃjuṣṭam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam-√juṣ + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘दिव्याभरणैः संजुष्टम्’ = adorned with divine ornaments; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• stūyamānam: being praised
• stūyamānam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (धातु) + śānac (शानच्) → stūyamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् = being praised

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• kinnaraiḥ: by Kinnaras (celestial beings)
• kinnaraiḥ: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kinnara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करण/कर्ता-करण (agent in passive)

Speaker

Unspecified (same repentant former king speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The transformed pilgrim stands/sits in a celestial setting wearing garlands, fine garments, fragrant unguents, and ornaments; Kinnaras surround him singing praises with instruments; the scene glows with refined luxury.

Characters & Entities

• Kinnara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and merit are portrayed as inner and outer transformation—symbolized by a divine body and celestial honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha whose water granted immediate auspicious results; this verse describes the resultant exalted state.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it elaborates the fruit (phala) of prior tīrtha contact.