Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

दिव्यरत्नसमायुक्तं मणिमाणिक्यपूरितम् । यादवानां किरीटैश्च दिव्यगन्धैः सुपूरितम्

Transliteration

divyaratnasamāyuktaṃ maṇimāṇikyapūritam | yādavānāṃ kirīṭaiśca divyagandhaiḥ supūritam

Translation

ประดับด้วยรัตนะทิพย์ เปี่ยมด้วยแก้วมณีและทับทิม; และเกลื่อนด้วยมงกุฎของเหล่ายาทวะ—อบอวลไปด้วยกลิ่นหอมทิพย์โดยทั่ว

Word by Word

• दिव्यरत्नसमायुक्तम्: endowed with divine jewels
• दिव्यरत्नसमायुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-आ-युक्त (युज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (दिव्यैः रत्नैः समायुक्तम्), भूतकर्मणि कृदन्ताधारित, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (स्थलम्/तत् इत्यस्य)

• मणिमाणिक्यपूरितम्: filled with gems and rubies
• मणिमाणिक्यपूरितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + माणिक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरित (पूर् धातु + क्त)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (मणयः च माणिक्यानि च) + तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त (तैः पूरितम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• यादवानाम्: of the Yādavas
• यादवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• किरीटैः: with crowns
• किरीटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

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

• दिव्यगन्धैः: with divine fragrances
• दिव्यगन्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (दिव्याः गन्धाः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सुपूरितम्: well-filled
• सुपूरितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पूरित (पूर् धातु + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yādava-sthala (jewel-strewn memorial)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ash-grey ground sparkling with scattered gems and rubies; overturned golden crowns half-buried; fragrant air with incense-like divine scent; pilgrims gaze in wonder and sorrow under a luminous sky.

Characters & Entities

• Yādava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly splendor ends, yet in a tīrtha it becomes a sign—redirecting attention from possession to sacred remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Yādava-sthala within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as saturated with relic-like treasures and divine scent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse describes the site’s extraordinary, sanctified atmosphere.