Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42
त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरीरत्नमशेषमवनीपते । गुणैर्लाघवमभ्येति यस्याः संदर्शनादनु
trailokyasundarīratnamaśeṣamavanīpate | guṇairlāghavamabhyeti yasyāḥ saṃdarśanādanu
Wahai penguasa bumi, dia laksana permata di antara segala kecantikan tiga loka; sebaik sahaja memandangnya, kelebihan dan wibawa yang lain seakan menjadi pudar dan ringan bila dibandingkan.
Narrator (addressing a king; not named in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Avanīpati (king)
Scene: The manifested woman stands as ‘trailokya-sundarī-ratna’; her presence makes all other beauties seem diminished, as if their luster and ‘weight’ fade in comparison.
FAQs
It poetically conveys incomparable excellence—used in Purāṇas to show how divine manifestations surpass ordinary allure.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is descriptive within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None.