Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

किंकिणीजालमुखरैः सत्यताकैरलंकृतम् । वितानच्छत्रखंडैश्च मुक्तादामप्रलंबितैः

Transliteration

kiṃkiṇījālamukharaiḥ satyatākairalaṃkṛtam | vitānacchatrakhaṃḍaiśca muktādāmapralaṃbitaiḥ

Translation

അത് മുഴങ്ങുന്ന കിങ്കിണീജാലങ്ങളാലും ദീപ്തമായ അലങ്കാരങ്ങളാലും അലങ്കൃതമായിരുന്നു; കൂടാതെ വിതാനങ്ങളും ഛത്രഖണ്ഡങ്ങളും അവയിൽ നിന്ന് തൂങ്ങിയ മുക്താമാലകളും കൊണ്ട് അതി ശോഭിതമായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• kiṃkiṇī-jāla-mukharaiḥ: with bell-nets that are jingling
• kiṃkiṇī-jāla-mukharaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiṃkiṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक) + mukhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे करण-बहुवचन), तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (kiṃkiṇījālena mukharāḥ = sounding with nets of bells)

• satyatākaiḥ: with satyatāka-ornaments (a decorative element)
• satyatākaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyatāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; (अलंकार-विशेषः/वस्तु-नाम)

• alaṃkṛtam: adorned
• alaṃkṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: alaṃ-√kṛ (कृ—करणे)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (adorned)

• vitāna-chatra-khaṃḍaiḥ: with pieces of canopies and parasols
• vitāna-chatra-khaṃḍaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitāna (प्रातिपदिक) + chatra (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (vitānāni ca chatrāṇi; तेषां khaṃḍaiḥ = pieces/sections)

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

• muktā-dāma-pralambitaiḥ: hanging with strings of pearls
• muktā-dāma-pralambitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muktā (प्रातिपदिक) + dāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pra-√lamb (लम्ब्—अवलम्बने)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-भाव), तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (muktādāmaiḥ pralambitāni = hanging with pearl-garlands)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sanctified hall or maṇḍapa in Prabhāsa, draped with pearl garlands hanging from canopies and parasols; nets of tiny bells (kiṅkiṇī-jāla) shimmer and sound as devotees move.

Characters & Entities

• Kiṃkiṇī (bells)
• Muktā (pearls)
• Vitāna (canopy)
• Chatra (parasol)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is portrayed as beauty consecrated—outer splendor reflecting inner auspiciousness and divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kailāsa-court description that authorizes the later Prabhāsa tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.