Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

हरांगरागवद्भाति क्वचित्कुटजकुड्मलैः । क्वचित्तु कर्णिकारैश्च विष्णोर्वासःसमप्रभः

Transliteration

harāṃgarāgavadbhāti kvacitkuṭajakuḍmalaiḥ | kvacittu karṇikāraiśca viṣṇorvāsaḥsamaprabhaḥ

Translation

کچھ جگہوں پر یہ کُٹج کی کلیوں کے ساتھ ہَر (شیو) کے اعضا پر لگے انگراگ کی مانند چمکتا ہے؛ اور کہیں کرنیکار کے پھولوں سے وشنو کے دھام جیسی تابانی سے دمکتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• हराङ्गरागवत्: like the body-unguents of Hara (Śiva)
• हराङ्गरागवत्: Upamana (Simile adjunct/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + राग (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानवाचक; -वत् = 'like'); समासः: हर-अङ्ग-राग = 'the unguent/color on Hara’s body' + वत्

• भाति: shines/appears
• भाति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: somewhere
• क्वचित्: Desha (Spatial adjunct/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/कालवाचक; 'somewhere/sometimes')

• कुटजकुड्मलैः: with kuṭaja buds
• कुटजकुड्मलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटज (प्रातिपदिक) + कुड्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (कुड्मल), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः: कुटज-कुड्मल = 'buds of kuṭaja' (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• क्वचित्: elsewhere
• क्वचित्: Desha (Spatial adjunct/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/कालवाचक)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/विशेषार्थक particle; 'but/indeed')

• कर्णिकारैः: with karṇikāra flowers/trees
• कर्णिकारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

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

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वासः: garment
• वासः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• समप्रभः: having equal radiance (to it)
• समप्रभः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: समा प्रभा यस्य/समप्रभ = 'of equal splendor'

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred coastal woodland in Prabhāsa: clusters of kuṭaja buds glint like unguent on Śiva’s limbs; elsewhere golden karṇikāra blossoms cast a celestial sheen, evoking Vaikuṇṭha-like radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu
• Kuṭaja
• Karṇikāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha embraces multiple divine visions—Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava splendor are seen as complementary in the holy landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is portrayed as having radiance comparable to divine realms associated with Śiva and Viṣṇu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse heightens devotional contemplation (bhāvanā) of the kṣetra.