Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19
पुण्यानामिव संघातस्तेजसामिव पंजरः । आश्चर्याणामिव क्षेत्रं यस्य मूर्तिर्विराजते
puṇyānāmiva saṃghātastejasāmiva paṃjaraḥ | āścaryāṇāmiva kṣetraṃ yasya mūrtirvirājate
ज्याची मूर्ती अशी विराजत होती जणू पुण्यांचा संघात, जणू तेजाचा पंजर—आणि जणू आश्चर्यांचेच क्षेत्र.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (likely Sūta-style narration to sages)
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: The king’s body is surrounded by layered radiance: merit appears as luminous garlands; wonders bloom like lotuses around him, suggesting ‘āścarya-kṣetra’.
FAQs
Inner virtue (puṇya) and spiritual radiance (tejas) are depicted as visibly shaping a person’s presence.
None; the verse is character eulogy within a story framework.
No ritual is prescribed here; it continues the narrative prelude.