Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

दिव्यरत्नौघखचिता समंतादुपशोभिता । एवं यः कुरुते विद्वन्स याति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

divyaratnaughakhacitā samaṃtādupaśobhitā | evaṃ yaḥ kurute vidvansa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

Pinalamutian sa lahat ng panig ng mga bunton ng banal na hiyas at nagniningning sa paligid—O marunong, sinumang magsagawa nito sa ganitong paraan ay makaaabot sa kataas-taasang kalagayan.

Word by Word

• दिव्यरत्नौघखचिता: inlaid with a flood of divine jewels
• दिव्यरत्नौघखचिता: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक) + खचित (कृदन्त, √खच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-प्रत्यय (क्त), ‘खचित’ = ‘आवृत/जडित’; समासः—दिव्यरत्नौघैः खचिता (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• समन्तात्: on all sides
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = ‘सर्वतः/चारों ओर से’

• उपशोभिता: beautifully adorned
• उपशोभिता: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपशोभित (कृदन्त, √शुभ् with उप-)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = ‘सुशोभिता/अलंकृता’

• एवं: thus
• एवं: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = ‘एवं प्रकारेण/thus’

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• कुरुते: does / performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘करोति’ (does)

• विद्वन्: O learned one
• विद्वन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘हे विद्वन्’

• याति: goes / attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘गति’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• गतिम्: destination / state
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā tīrtha (jewel-resplendent precinct; contextually linked to Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vidvān (addressed: ‘O learned one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant tīrtha space glittering with heaps of divine jewels; a learned guide addresses pilgrims, pointing to the rite whose completion grants the highest goal.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Perform sacred acts as prescribed, with proper completion and reverence, to reach the highest spiritual end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Ayodhyā Māhātmya; the immediate context continues into the glorification of Ayodhyā tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general injunction: performing the rite “thus” (evaṃ) as described in the surrounding passage, associated with splendid sacred adornment/offerings.