Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरा दिव्यैरंगैः समन्विता । पद्मनेत्रा सुकेशांता सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता

Transliteration

divyamālyāṃbaradharā divyairaṃgaiḥ samanvitā | padmanetrā sukeśāṃtā sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā

Translation

Nabihisan siya ng makalangit na kuwintas ng bulaklak at kasuutang banal, taglay ang maningning na mga sangkap na dibino—mga matang gaya ng lotus, magandang buhok—at may lahat ng mapalad na tanda ng kagalingan.

Word by Word

• दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरा: wearing divine garlands and garments
• दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + माल्य + अम्बर + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; (दिव्ये माल्ये च अम्बरे च धरति)

• दिव्यैः: with divine
• दिव्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

• अङ्गैः: limbs
• अङ्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

• समन्विता: endowed, accompanied
• समन्विता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अनु + √इ (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘endowed/possessed’

• पद्मनेत्रा: lotus-eyed
• पद्मनेत्रा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; (पद्ममिव नेत्रे यस्याः)

• सुकेशान्ता: with beautiful hair
• सुकेशान्ता: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + केश + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; (सुन्दराः केशाः अन्ते/पर्यन्ते यस्याः)

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: marked with all auspicious signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित (√लक्ष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (सर्वैः लक्षणैः लक्षिता)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Pulastya continuing the account to the listener-king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (stream/cascade on Arbudācala)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the stream emerges a transformed woman: lotus eyes, glossy hair, celestial garlands and garments, a soft aura; the mountain grove becomes a stage for a divine manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Ābhīrī (the woman)
• Tīrtha (sacred ford/place)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is portrayed as spiritually and even physically transformative, manifesting auspicious qualities in those touched by its power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to a sacred tīrtha within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), emphasizing the local holy-place potency, though the tīrtha name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; the surrounding context links such transformation to tīrtha-contact (commonly through snāna/bathing).