Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

ज्वलत्किरीटमुकुटं स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम् । श्रीवत्सांकं महाबाहुं पीतकौशेयवाससम्

Transliteration

jvalatkirīṭamukuṭaṃ sphuranmakarakuṇḍalam | śrīvatsāṃkaṃ mahābāhuṃ pītakauśeyavāsasam

Translation

അവർ പ്രഭുവിനെ ദർശിച്ചു—ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന കിരീടമുകുടത്തിൽ ശോഭിച്ച്, മകരാകൃതിയിലുള്ള കുണ്ഡലങ്ങൾ മിന്നി; വക്ഷസ്ഥലത്ത് ശ്രീവത്സചിഹ്നം, മഹാബാഹു, പീത കൗശേയ വസ്ത്രധാരി।

Word by Word

• ज्वलत्किरीटमुकुटम्: (having) a shining crown and diadem
• ज्वलत्किरीटमुकुटम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलत् (ज्वल् धातोः शतृ) + किरीट + मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of Kṛṣṇa); समासार्थः: ‘ज्वलत् किरीटं मुकुटं यस्य/यत्’ (shining crown/diadem)

• स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम्: with glittering makara-earrings
• स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुरत् (स्फुर् धातोः शतृ) + मकर + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘स्फुरत् मकरकुण्डलं’

• श्रीवत्साङ्कम्: marked with the Śrīvatsa sign
• श्रीवत्साङ्कम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीवत्स + अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘श्रीवत्सेन अङ्कितम्/अङ्कः यस्य’

• महाबाहुम्: mighty-armed
• महाबाहुम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पीतकौशेयवाससम्: wearing yellow silk garments
• पीतकौशेयवाससम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत + कौशेय + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘पीतं कौशेयं वासः यस्य’

Speaker

Prahlāda (narrator, as indicated in the passage context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close, iconic vision of the Lord: blazing crown, flashing makara-earrings, śrīvatsa mark on the chest, broad arms, and yellow silk garments—an aiśvarya-darśana tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Śrīvatsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana purifies the mind: the Lord’s auspicious marks and splendor remind devotees of his protecting, grace-giving presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, celebrated in the Dvārakā-māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes darśana (beholding) and remembrance of the Lord’s auspicious form.