Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

वैडूर्यः पद्मरागश्च वज्रको मुकुटोज्ज्वलः । ऐरावतो राजहंसो गरुडो वृषभस्तथा

Transliteration

vaiḍūryaḥ padmarāgaśca vajrako mukuṭojjvalaḥ | airāvato rājahaṃso garuḍo vṛṣabhastathā

Translation

Vaiḍūrya, Padmarāga, Vajraka dan Mukuṭojjvala; Airāvata, Rājahaṃsa, Garuḍa dan juga Vṛṣabha—semuanya ialah prāsāda yang disebut menurut nama-nama itu.

Word by Word

• वैडूर्यः: Vaiḍūrya (cat's-eye gem; name)
• वैडूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैडूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पद्मरागः: Padmarāga (ruby; name)
• पद्मरागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पद्मस्य रागः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• वज्रकः: Vajraka (diamond; name)
• वज्रकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मुकुटोज्ज्वलः: bright with a crown
• मुकुटोज्ज्वलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (मुकुटेन उज्ज्वलः)

• ऐरावतः: Airāvata (name)
• ऐरावतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• राजहंसः: rājahaṃsa (royal swan; name)
• राजहंसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज (प्रातिपदिक) + हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (राजा इव हंसः / राजहंसः)

• गरुडः: Garuḍa (name)
• गरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वृषभः: bull; Vṛṣabha (name)
• वृषभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred complex with multiple prāsādas named after gems and divine vehicles: Vaiḍūrya, Padmarāga, Vajraka, Mukuṭojjvala; and prāsādas called Airāvata, Rājahaṃsa, Garuḍa, Vṛṣabha—each suggested by its emblem (elephant, swan, eagle, bull) and jeweled sheen.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiḍūrya (prāsāda)
• Padmarāga (prāsāda)
• Vajraka (prāsāda)
• Mukuṭojjvala (prāsāda)
• Airāvata (prāsāda)
• Rājahaṃsa (prāsāda)
• Garuḍa (prāsāda)
• Vṛṣabha (prāsāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s sanctity is portrayed as both splendor (gems) and divine power (vāhana-symbols), inviting devotion through beauty and sacred symbolism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose surrounding prāsādas bear gem and vāhana-associated names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the descriptive enumeration of sacred structures.