Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
शारदंबरनीराब्जकांतिदेहच्छविः प्रभुः । कौस्तुभोद्भासिहृदयः कांतकेयूरभास्करः
Transliteration
śāradaṃbaranīrābjakāṃtidehacchaviḥ prabhuḥ | kaustubhodbhāsihṛdayaḥ kāṃtakeyūrabhāskaraḥ
Translation
ထိုအရှင်၏ ကိုယ်ရောင်ခြည်သည် ဆောင်းဦးကောင်းကင်နှင့် အပြာရောင် ကြာပန်းကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပ၏။ ရင်ဘတ်ပေါ်၌ ကೌஸ္တုဘ မဏိသည် လင်းလက်၍ လက်ကောက်တော်တို့သည် နေရောင်ကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပလေ၏။
Word by Word
शारदाम्बरनीराब्जकान्तिदेहच्छविःhe whose bodily radiance is like the beauty of autumn sky, water, and lotus
शारदाम्बरनीराब्जकान्तिदेहच्छविः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशारद + अम्बर + नीर + अब्ज + कान्ति + देह + छवि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—(शारदाम्बरनीराब्जकान्तिसदृशी देहच्छविः यस्य)
प्रभुःthe Lord
प्रभुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्
कौस्तुभोद्भासिहृदयःhe whose heart shines with the Kaustubha gem
कौस्तुभोद्भासिहृदयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौस्तुभ + उद्भासि + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—(कौस्तुभेन उद्भासि हृदयं यस्य)
कान्तकेयूरभास्करःhe whose armlets are radiant like the sun
कान्तकेयूरभास्करः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकान्त + केयूर + भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—(कान्तानि केयूराणि भास्करवत् यस्य/यस्य केयूराः भास्करवत् कान्ताः)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Viṣṇu stands revealed in full splendor: body radiance like autumn sky and blue lotus; Kaustubha blazing on the chest; armlets shining like suns.
Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu (implied)K
KaustubhaFAQs
Divine beauty is presented as auspicious power—darśana of the Lord restores hope amid cosmic fear.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the Lord’s luminous form.
None; it is descriptive praise (rūpa-varṇana).