Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

संपूर्णचंद्रवदना पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणा । कीर्तिर्यथा महेंद्रस्य पूरयन्ती दिशो दश

Transliteration

saṃpūrṇacaṃdravadanā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā | kīrtiryathā maheṃdrasya pūrayantī diśo daśa

Translation

اُس کا چہرہ پورے چاند کی مانند تھا اور آنکھیں کنول کی پتیوں جیسی؛ مہااِندر کی شہرت کی طرح وہ دسوں سمتوں کو بھر دیتی تھی۔

Word by Word

• saṃpūrṇa-caṃdra-vadanā: she whose face is like the full moon
• saṃpūrṇa-caṃdra-vadanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमासः—“संपूर्णचन्द्र इव वदनं यस्याः सा” (possessive epithet)

• padma-patra-āyata-īkṣaṇā: she whose eyes are long like lotus-petals
• padma-patra-āyata-īkṣaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyata (प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमासः—“पद्मपत्रवत् आयते ईक्षणे यस्याः सा”

• kīrtiḥ: fame, glory
• kīrtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yathā: as, like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक/तुलनार्थक (comparative particle: “as/like”)

• mahendrasya: of Mahendra (Indra)
• mahendrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• pūrayantī: filling
• pūrayantī: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūraya (धातु √pṝ/पूर्, causative)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मसापेक्षः—“पूरयन्ती” (filling)

• diśaḥ: directions
• diśaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) विशेषणम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; “दिशः” इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) as narrator (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied interlocutor(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of Sarasvatī: full-moon face, lotus-petal eyes; her aura expands outward like waves, symbolically filling the ten directions with Indra-like fame.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Mahendra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence expands beyond locality; a tīrtha becomes universal through the radiance of the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Sarasvatī’s manifestation is portrayed as world-filling auspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a praise-description (stuti-like) within the māhātmya narrative.