Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततस्तेजोमयी कन्या तत्र जाता स्वरूपिणी । शक्तिरूपा महाकाया दिव्यलक्षणलक्षिता

Transliteration

tatastejomayī kanyā tatra jātā svarūpiṇī | śaktirūpā mahākāyā divyalakṣaṇalakṣitā

Translation

ထို့နောက် ထိုနေရာ၌ တေဇောသန့်စင်ဖြင့် ပြုလုပ်ထားသကဲ့သို့သော ကန့်ယာတစ်ပါး ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ၍၊ မိမိ၏ အမှန်တကယ်သော ရုပ်သဘောဖြင့် ထင်ရှားကာ သက္တိ၏ ရုပ်ပုံဖြစ်၍ ကိုယ်ထည်ကြီးမားပြီး ဒိဗ္ဗလက္ခဏာများဖြင့် ထင်ရှား하였다။

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• तेजोमयी: made of radiance
• तेजोमयी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस् + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तेजसा मयी = consisting of radiance)

• कन्या: a maiden/girl
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• जाता: was born/arose
• जाता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जाता (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (was born/arose)

• स्वरूपिणी: in her true form
• स्वरूपिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (having her own form)

• शक्तिरूपा: having the form of Śakti
• शक्तिरूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (शक्तिः एव रूपम् यस्याः)

• महाकाया: great-bodied
• महाकाया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (महान् कायः यस्याः)

• दिव्यलक्षणलक्षिता: marked by divine characteristics
• दिव्यलक्षणलक्षिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + लक्षण + लक्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘लक्षित’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यैः लक्षणैः लक्षिता)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing a king; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (Devī-prādurbhāva-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (addressed as nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the glowing maṇḍala rises a towering maiden of pure light, her body formed of golden radiance, bearing auspicious divine marks; the surrounding devas recoil in wonder and fold hands in devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti (as a manifested maiden)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity can manifest tangibly when spiritual energies are ritually harmonized and purified.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-khaṇḍa milieu (Arbuda sacred region) frames the Goddess’s manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies a prior maṇḍala-and-mantra rite culminating in a Śakti manifestation, though it does not prescribe steps here.