Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

तुलसीकाष्ठसंभूतं शिरोबाह्वादिभूषणम् । जायते यस्य मर्त्यस्य तस्य देहे सदा हरिः

Transliteration

tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhūtaṃ śirobāhvādibhūṣaṇam | jāyate yasya martyasya tasya dehe sadā hariḥ

Translation

Ang sinumang mortal na nagsusuot ng mga palamuti sa ulo, bisig, at iba pa na yari sa kahoy ng tulasī, sa kanyang katawan ay laging nananahan si Hari (Viṣṇu).

Word by Word

• तुलसीकाष्ठसंभूतम्: produced from tulasī-wood
• तुलसीकाष्ठसंभूतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक) + काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘arisen/produced’; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘भूषणम्’)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (member in compound)

• बाहु: arm
• बाहु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (member in compound)

• आदि: and so on
• आदि: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक/परिगणनार्थक अव्यय (‘etc.’)

• भूषणम्: ornament
• भूषणम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: शिरोबाह्वादीनां भूषणम् (ornament for head, arms, etc.)

• जायते: arises/comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• मर्त्यस्य: of a mortal
• मर्त्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देहे: in the body
• देहे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Traditional Māhātmya narrator (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee adorned with tulasī-wood ornaments on head and arms stands in prayer; a translucent image of Hari is seen residing within his body, like a deity within a sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Tulasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External devotional signs (tulasī ornaments) are treated as vehicles of inner sanctification—Hari’s presence becomes constant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dwārakā is the overarching context, emphasizing Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa devotion linked to the sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Wearing tulasī-wood ornaments (e.g., on head/arms), implying continual devotional identification.