Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

संपूर्णचंद्रवदना पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणा । कीर्तिर्यथा महेंद्रस्य पूरयन्ती दिशो दश

Transliteration

saṃpūrṇacaṃdravadanā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā | kīrtiryathā maheṃdrasya pūrayantī diśo daśa

Translation

അവളുടെ മുഖം പൂർണ്ണചന്ദ്രനെപ്പോലെ, കണ്ണുകൾ താമരയിതളുകളെപ്പോലെ; മഹേന്ദ്രന്റെ കീർത്തിപോലെ പത്ത് ദിക്കുകളെയും നിറച്ചു।

Word by Word

• saṃpūrṇa-caṃdra-vadanā: she whose face is like the full moon
• saṃpūrṇa-caṃdra-vadanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमासः—“संपूर्णचन्द्र इव वदनं यस्याः सा” (possessive epithet)

• padma-patra-āyata-īkṣaṇā: she whose eyes are long like lotus-petals
• padma-patra-āyata-īkṣaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyata (प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमासः—“पद्मपत्रवत् आयते ईक्षणे यस्याः सा”

• kīrtiḥ: fame, glory
• kīrtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yathā: as, like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक/तुलनार्थक (comparative particle: “as/like”)

• mahendrasya: of Mahendra (Indra)
• mahendrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• pūrayantī: filling
• pūrayantī: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūraya (धातु √pṝ/पूर्, causative)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मसापेक्षः—“पूरयन्ती” (filling)

• diśaḥ: directions
• diśaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) विशेषणम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; “दिशः” इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) as narrator (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied interlocutor(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of Sarasvatī: full-moon face, lotus-petal eyes; her aura expands outward like waves, symbolically filling the ten directions with Indra-like fame.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Mahendra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence expands beyond locality; a tīrtha becomes universal through the radiance of the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Sarasvatī’s manifestation is portrayed as world-filling auspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a praise-description (stuti-like) within the māhātmya narrative.