Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पीतांबरधरः स्रग्वी नारदादिभिरीडितः । तार्क्ष्यासनो मुकुटवान्महेन्द्रादिविभूषितः

Transliteration

pītāṃbaradharaḥ sragvī nāradādibhirīḍitaḥ | tārkṣyāsano mukuṭavānmahendrādivibhūṣitaḥ

Translation

പീതാംബരം ധരിച്ചു, വനമാലയാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട്, നാരദാദി ഋഷിമാർ സ്തുതിച്ച, താർക്ഷ്യൻ (ഗരുഡൻ) ആസനത്തിൽ ഇരുന്ന്, മുകുടധാരിയായി, മഹേന്ദ്രാദി ദേവന്മാർക്കു യോജ്യമായ ആഭരണങ്ങളാൽ വിഭൂഷിതനായ ഹരിയെ ദർശിക്കാം.

Word by Word

• पीताम्बरधरः: wearing a yellow garment
• पीताम्बरधरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (कृदन्त/ppp √पा) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त/agent √धृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पीतम् अम्बरम् यस्य सः/पीताम्बरं धरति इति)

• स्रग्वी: garlanded
• स्रग्वी: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्रज्/स्रक् (प्रातिपदिक) + विन् (तद्धित/मतुप्-समर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; स्रग्विन्-प्रातिपदिक (मालाधारी)

• नारदादिभिः: by Nārada and others
• नारदादिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘नारद-आदि’ इति समाहार-निर्देशः (नारदप्रभृतिभिः)

• ईडितः: praised
• ईडितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ईड् (धातु) (स्तुतौ)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/क्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘स्तुतः’

• तार्क्ष्यासनः: having Garuḍa as his seat
• तार्क्ष्यासनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तार्क्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक; गरुड) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तार्क्ष्यः आसनं यस्य सः)

• मुकुटवान्: crowned
• मुकुटवान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक) + मतुप् (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (मुकुटयुक्तः)

• महेन्द्रादिविभूषितः: adorned by Mahendra (Indra) and others
• महेन्द्रादिविभूषितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषित (कृदन्त/ppp √भूष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘महेन्द्रादिभिः’ (तृतीया-समर्थ) ‘विभूषितः’

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Hari-darśana/dhyāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant vision of Hari in Ayodhyā: yellow silk, flower garland, kirīṭa crown, seated upon Garuḍa-throne, surrounded by Nārada and sages singing praise; divine ornaments gleam like Indra’s splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Nārada
• Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
• Mahendra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True merit arises from devotional remembrance and reverent vision of Hari, praised by sages and honored by the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, presented as a place where Hari’s majesty and grace are especially accessible through devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse emphasizes contemplative darśana/meditation on Hari’s form.