Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

हारकेयूरमुकुटकटकादिविभूषणम् । तीर्थानां प्रवरात्तस्मादुत्थितं नृपतेः पुरः

Transliteration

hārakeyūramukuṭakaṭakādivibhūṣaṇam | tīrthānāṃ pravarāttasmādutthitaṃ nṛpateḥ puraḥ

Translation

สร้อยคอ กำไลต้นแขน มงกุฎ กำไลข้อมือ และเครื่องประดับอื่น ๆ ผุดขึ้นจากทิรถะอันประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่ทิรถะทั้งหลาย ปรากฏต่อหน้าพระราชา

Word by Word

• हारकेयूरमुकुटकटकादिविभूषणम्: ornaments such as necklaces, armlets, crowns, bracelets, etc.
• हारकेयूरमुकुटकटकादिविभूषणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार+केयूर+मुकुट+कटक+आदि+विभूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयात्मक-समास (हार-केयूर-मुकुट-कटक-आदि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred fords
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• प्रवरात्: from the best (one)
• प्रवरात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; ‘(तीर्थानां) प्रवरात्’ = from the best (among)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• उत्थितम्: arisen, emerged
• उत्थितम्: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; ‘विभूषणम्’ इत्यर्थे ‘arisen/appeared’

• नृपतेः: of the king
• नृपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• पुरः: in front
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (in front)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (tīrthānāṃ pravara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the king, from the supreme tīrtha rise gleaming ornaments—necklaces, armlets, crown, bracelets—arranged as if a divine coronation is being completed by the sacred waters themselves.

Characters & Entities

• Foremost Tīrtha (tīrthānāṃ pravara)
• King (Nṛpati)
• Ornaments (hāra, keyūra, mukuṭa, kaṭaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely holy tīrtha is celebrated as a bestower of prosperity and auspiciousness aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘foremost among tīrthas’ in this passage—Maṅgalā tīrtha in the Setukhaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a new injunction here; it continues the narrative fruit of prior tīrtha-japa and observances—manifestation of auspicious boons.