Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

जाम्बूनदमयैर्दिव्यैर्भूषणैरुपशोभितम् । नागोपधानशयनं सहस्रादित्यवर्चसम्

Transliteration

jāmbūnadamayairdivyairbhūṣaṇairupaśobhitam | nāgopadhānaśayanaṃ sahasrādityavarcasam

Translation

जांबूनद सुवर्णाच्या दिव्य भूषणांनी अलंकृत; नागाला उशी करून शयन करणारा, सहस्र सूर्यांच्या तेजाने दीप्त।

Word by Word

• जाम्बूनद-मयैः: made of Jāmbūnada-gold
• जाम्बूनद-मयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाम्बूनद (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जाम्बूनदस्य मयः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग विशेषण, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• दिव्यैः: divine
• दिव्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (agreeing with भूषणैः)

• भूषणैः: ornaments
• भूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• उपशोभितम्: adorned
• उपशोभितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-√शुभ् (धातु) → उपशोभित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; ‘adorned’

• नाग-उपधान-शयनम्: reclining with a serpent as pillow
• नाग-उपधान-शयनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + उपधान (प्रातिपदिक) + शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग विशेषण, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; ‘having a serpent as pillow/bolster’

• सहस्र-आदित्य-वर्चसम्: having the splendor of a thousand suns
• सहस्र-आदित्य-वर्चसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सहस्राणाम् आदित्यानां वर्चः इव), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग विशेषण, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator; the deity implied as Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa on Śeṣa by nāgopadhāna imagery)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity reclines in serene repose; divine jāmbūnada-gold ornaments gleam; a serpent forms the pillow; the whole figure blazes with thousand-sun brilliance.

Characters & Entities

• Implied: Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa
• Implied: Śeṣa/Nāga (serpent couch/pillow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The supreme protector manifests with unmistakable majesty; remembrance of such radiance steadies faith amid संकट and uncertainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography) is the context; this verse highlights the deity’s manifestation rather than naming a ford.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports devotional visualization (dhyāna) of the deity’s form.