Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

संपूर्णे तु व्रते तस्या दिव्यं वक्त्रं सुलोचनम् । सुशोभनं दीर्घकेशं दीर्घकर्णं शुभद्विजम्

Transliteration

saṃpūrṇe tu vrate tasyā divyaṃ vaktraṃ sulocanam | suśobhanaṃ dīrghakeśaṃ dīrghakarṇaṃ śubhadvijam

Translation

அவளுடைய விரதம் நிறைவேறியதும், அவளுக்கு தெய்வீகமான அழகிய முகமும் இனிய கண்களும் வெளிப்பட்டன; நீண்ட கூந்தல், நீண்ட காதுகள், நல்வரமான சிறந்த பற்களும் அமைந்தன।

Word by Word

• saṃpūrṇe: when completed
• saṃpūrṇe: Adhikarana (Location/State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies vrate)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• vrate: in the vow
• vrate: Adhikarana (Location/State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies vaktram)

• vaktram: face
• vaktram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sulocanam: beautiful-eyed
• sulocanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु- 'good' + लोचन 'eye' → 'having good eyes')

• suśobhanam: very splendid
• suśobhanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु + शोभन)

• dīrghakeśam: long-haired
• dīrghakeśam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha + keśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ('long-haired')

• dīrghakarṇam: long-eared
• dīrghakarṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ('long-eared')

• śubhadvijam: with auspicious teeth (lit. auspicious dvija)
• śubhadvijam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha + dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ('auspicious twice-born/teeth')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Upon completing her vow, the woman’s appearance becomes divinely radiant: beautiful face, lotus-like eyes, long hair, long ears, and shining auspicious teeth—an iconographic moment of transfiguration after austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Vrata (completed)
• Tīrtha-induced transformation (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Completion of a disciplined vow is portrayed as producing auspicious refinement—outer beauty symbolizing inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The transformation is presented within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya, implying the tīrtha’s sanctifying potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse refers to the completion of her vrata; the specific vows were named in the prior verse (Sārasvata and Cāndrāyaṇa).