Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

शेषासनगतं देवं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् । ज्वलत्किरीटमुकुटं स्फुरन्मकरकुंडलम्

Transliteration

śeṣāsanagataṃ devaṃ divyānekodyatāyudham | jvalatkirīṭamukuṭaṃ sphuranmakarakuṃḍalam

Translation

അവർ ശേഷാസനത്തിൽ ഇരിക്കുന്ന ദേവനെ ദർശിച്ചു—അനേകം ദിവ്യായുധങ്ങൾ ദീപ്തിയായി ഉയർത്തി ധരിച്ചവൻ; ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന കിരീട-മുകുടധാരി, സ്ഫുരിക്കുന്ന മകരകുണ്ഡലങ്ങളാൽ ശോഭിതൻ.

Word by Word

• शेष-आसन-गतम्: seated on (the serpent) Shesha as a seat
• शेष-आसन-गतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त; गम् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः (तत्पुरुषः)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दिव्य-अनेक-उद्यत-आयुधम्: having many divine weapons raised/ready
• दिव्य-अनेक-उद्यत-आयुधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (विशेषण) + अनेक (विशेषण) + उद्यत (कृदन्त; यम्/यत्? here उद्+यम् ‘to raise’, क्त) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘दिव्यानि अनेकानि उद्यतानि आयुधानि यस्य’

• ज्वलत्-किरीट-मुकुटम्: with a blazing crown and diadem
• ज्वलत्-किरीट-मुकुटम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलत् (कृदन्त; ज्वल् धातु, शतृ) + किरीट (प्रातिपदिक) + मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (द्वन्द्वः) ‘किरीटं च मुकुटं च’ उपलक्षितं, ज्वलत्-विशेषणम्

• स्फुरन्-मकर-कुण्डलम्: with shining makara-earrings
• स्फुरन्-मकर-कुण्डलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुरन् (कृदन्त; स्फुर् धातु, शतृ) + मकर (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः (तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Hari-darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari is seen enthroned upon Śeṣa: multiple divine weapons raised in radiant symmetry; a blazing crown and flashing makara-earrings catch the light; devotees stand transfixed before the majestic form.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is both majestic and protective—His divine weapons symbolize dharma’s guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred sphere, where the Śeṣa-seated Viṣṇu is revealed to devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse focuses on darśana and divine iconographic description.