Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

सौभाग्यकदलीकन्दमूलबीजं च पार्वती । देवस्य मुखमालोक्य विस्मिता चारुलोचना

Transliteration

saubhāgyakadalīkandamūlabījaṃ ca pārvatī | devasya mukhamālokya vismitā cārulocanā

Translation

സൗഭാഗ്യകദലിയുടെ കന്ദ-മൂല-ബീജസ്വരൂപിണിയായ പാർവതി ദേവന്റെ മുഖം ദർശിച്ചു; അപ്പോൾ ആ ചാരുലോചന ദേവി വിസ്മയിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• सौभाग्य: good fortune
• सौभाग्य: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• कदली: banana plant
• कदली: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine, nominative/accusative, singular)

• कन्द: bulb/tuber
• कन्द: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, nominative/accusative, singular)

• मूल: root
• मूल: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• बीजम्: seed
• बीजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

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

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (masculine, genitive, singular)

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• आलोक्य: having looked at/seen
• आलोक्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• विस्मिता: astonished
• विस्मिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (प्रातिपदिक; √स्मि/विस्मि-भाव)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• चारु: beautiful
• चारु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; समासपूर्वपद (as prior member in compound)

• लोचना: the beautiful-eyed (lady)
• लोचना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular); कर्मधारय-समास: चारु+लोचना (one whose eyes are beautiful)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, lovely-eyed, stands or sits close, gazing at Śiva’s face with wonder; the metaphor of plantain (kadali) as fortune’s root/seed is suggested via a subtle banana plant motif near the throne.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Deva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the Goddess, source of auspiciousness, responds with reverent wonder before the Lord—teaching that divine darśana evokes humility and awe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya frames divine encounter (darśana) as a hallmark of the sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is on darśana (beholding the deity) and the inner transformation it produces.