Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कमंडलुधरा देवी जगामादर्शनं पुनः । कालेन वहुना जाता दुहिता देवरूपिणी

Transliteration

kamaṃḍaludharā devī jagāmādarśanaṃ punaḥ | kālena vahunā jātā duhitā devarūpiṇī

Translation

കമണ്ഡലു ധരിച്ച ദേവി വീണ്ടും ദർശനാതീതയായി; ഏറെ കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞ് ദൈവസൗന്ദര്യത്തോടെ ദീപ്തമായ ഒരു പുത്രി ജനിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• kamaṇḍaludharā: bearing a water-pot (kamaṇḍalu)
• kamaṇḍaludharā: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kamaṇḍalu-dharā (प्रातिपदिक; कमण्डलु + धरा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• adarśanam: out of sight, invisibility
• adarśanam: Gati-karma (Goal of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-darśana (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + दर्शन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: again)

• kālena: with time, in course of time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• bahunā: much, long (time)
• bahunā: Karana-anvaya (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (kālena इत्यस्य)

• jātā: was born, came into being
• jātā: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāta (प्रातिपदिक; √jan + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्तः, स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण

• duhitā: a daughter
• duhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• devarūpiṇī: having a divine form
• devarūpiṇī: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva-rūpiṇī (प्रातिपदिक; देव + रूपिणी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī, holding a kamaṇḍalu, fades from view; later, the palace scene shows the birth of a radiant, divine-looking daughter.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī (implied)
• kamaṇḍalu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace may be momentary in vision yet enduring in effect, ripening over time into tangible blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Sāvitrī-sthala in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the boon-bearing encounter occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse narrates the consequence of the vow and the divine encounter.