Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

वृश्चिकैरग्निपुञ्जाभैर्गोनसैश्च विभूषिता । त्रैलोक्यं पूरयामास विस्तारेणोच्छ्रयेण च

Transliteration

vṛścikairagnipuñjābhairgonasaiśca vibhūṣitā | trailokyaṃ pūrayāmāsa vistāreṇocchrayeṇa ca

Translation

Được trang sức bằng bọ cạp như những đống lửa và bởi các đại xà, nàng lấy bề ngang mênh mông cùng tầm cao sừng sững mà tràn đầy cả Tam giới.

Word by Word

• वृश्चिकैः: by scorpions
• वृश्चिकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृश्चिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• अग्नि-पुञ्ज-आभैः: having the appearance of heaps of fire
• अग्नि-पुञ्ज-आभैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + आभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; ‘अग्निपुञ्जस्य आभा येषां ते’—fire-heap-like (in appearance), Instrumental plural agreeing with वृश्चिकैः

• गोनसैः: by (large) serpents
• गोनसैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोनस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

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

• विभूषिता: adorned, decorated
• विभूषिता: Viśeṣya-dharma (Predicate adjective/विशेष्यधर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + भूष् (धातु) → विभूषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; Past passive participle used adjectivally

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; Accusative singular (object)

• पूरयामास: filled
• पूरयामास: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु, णिच्) + आस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परस्मैपद-परिप्रयोग), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; periphrastic perfect ‘filled’

• विस्तारेण: by (her) expanse
• विस्तारेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; Instrumental singular (means/extent)

• उच्छ्रयेण: by (her) height
• उच्छ्रयेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छ्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; Instrumental singular

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

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal Raudrī/Devī form rises to fill the three worlds; her body is studded with scorpions glowing like fire-heaps and coiled with massive serpents; the horizon bends under her height and breadth.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is not limited to a form; she is cosmic magnitude itself—capable of pervading all realms when dharma requires intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacral atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.