Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

चतुर्भुजां प्रसन्नास्यां दिव्यरूपसमन्विताम् । शुक्लमाल्यांबरधरां चन्द्रार्धकृतमस्तकाम्

Transliteration

caturbhujāṃ prasannāsyāṃ divyarūpasamanvitām | śuklamālyāṃbaradharāṃ candrārdhakṛtamastakām

Translation

ദേവി ചതുര്ഭുജയായി, പ്രസന്നമുഖയായി, ദിവ്യരൂപസമ്പന്നയായി; ശ്വേതമാലയും ശ്വേതാംബരവും ധരിച്ചു, മസ്തകത്തിൽ അർധചന്ദ്രൻ ശോഭിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• चतुर्भुजाम्: four-armed
• चतुर्भुजाम्: Karma (Qualifier of ‘देवीम्’ understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (four-armed) विशेषण

• प्रसन्नास्याम्: with a pleasant/serene face
• प्रसन्नास्याम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (having a serene face) विशेषण

• दिव्यरूपसमन्विताम्: endowed with a divine form
• दिव्यरूपसमन्विताम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + रूप + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (endowed with divine form) विशेषण

• शुक्लमाल्याम्बरधराम्: wearing white garlands and garments
• शुक्लमाल्याम्बरधराम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल + माल्य + अम्बर + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (wearing white garlands and garments) विशेषण

• चन्द्रार्धकृतमस्तकाम्: with a half-moon on her head
• चन्द्रार्धकृतमस्तकाम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र + अर्ध + कृत + मस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (whose head is adorned/made with a half-moon) विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close iconographic focus on Pārvatī: four-armed, serene smiling face, divine radiance, white garlands and garments, crescent moon adorning her head—standing with Śiva’s presence implied nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Crescent moon (candrārdha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography culminates in sacred vision: Devī’s auspicious form is described to awaken devotion and contemplative remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 62), the emphasis is on Devī’s darśana; the site name is not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is stated; the verse supports dhyāna (devotional visualization) through iconographic detail.