Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

दिव्यमाल्यावरधरंदिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् । दिव्याभरणसंजुष्टं स्तूयमानं च किन्नरैः

Transliteration

divyamālyāvaradharaṃdivyagandhānulepanam | divyābharaṇasaṃjuṣṭaṃ stūyamānaṃ ca kinnaraiḥ

Translation

آسمانی ہاروں اور نفیس آسمانی لباس سے آراستہ، الٰہی خوشبو سے معطر، فلکی زیورات سے مزین، میں کِنّروں کی ستوتی (حمد) سے سراہا گیا۔

Word by Word

• divya-mālya-vara-dharam: wearing divine and excellent garlands
• divya-mālya-vara-dharam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + mālya (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (विशेषण-समास) ‘दिव्यं मालयं वरं च धारयति’ इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of implied object, e.g., mām/vimānam)

• divya-gandha-anulepanam: anointed with divine fragrance
• divya-gandha-anulepanam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘दिव्यगन्धेन अनुलेपनम्’ (smeared/anointed with divine fragrance); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• divya-ābharaṇa-saṃjuṣṭam: adorned with divine ornaments
• divya-ābharaṇa-saṃjuṣṭam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam-√juṣ + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘दिव्याभरणैः संजुष्टम्’ = adorned with divine ornaments; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• stūyamānam: being praised
• stūyamānam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (धातु) + śānac (शानच्) → stūyamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् = being praised

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• kinnaraiḥ: by Kinnaras (celestial beings)
• kinnaraiḥ: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kinnara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करण/कर्ता-करण (agent in passive)

Speaker

Unspecified (same repentant former king speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The transformed pilgrim stands/sits in a celestial setting wearing garlands, fine garments, fragrant unguents, and ornaments; Kinnaras surround him singing praises with instruments; the scene glows with refined luxury.

Characters & Entities

• Kinnara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and merit are portrayed as inner and outer transformation—symbolized by a divine body and celestial honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha whose water granted immediate auspicious results; this verse describes the resultant exalted state.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it elaborates the fruit (phala) of prior tīrtha contact.