Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तथापि सकलंकोऽयं कौतुकं कुरुते मम । देवि ब्रह्मांडसंघट्टमालामंडितशेखरः

Transliteration

tathāpi sakalaṃko'yaṃ kautukaṃ kurute mama | devi brahmāṃḍasaṃghaṭṭamālāmaṃḍitaśekharaḥ

Translation

Dẫu vậy, ‘đấng mang dấu’ ấy vẫn khơi dậy nơi con niềm kỳ diệu—ôi Nữ Thần—người có đỉnh đầu được trang sức bằng vòng hoa kết từ sự va chạm của các khối cầu vũ trụ.

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless, even so
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवादसूचक (concessive: “even so/however”)

• सकल-अङ्कः: having a full mark/blemish
• सकल-अङ्कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (having a complete mark/blemish)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कौतुकम्: curiosity, wonder
• कौतुकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• कुरुते: does, makes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माण्ड-संघट्ट-माला-मण्डित-शेखरः: whose crest is adorned with a garland of brahmāṇḍa-clusters
• ब्रह्माण्ड-संघट्ट-माला-मण्डित-शेखरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + संघट्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डित (कृदन्त; √मण्ड्/मण्ड् ‘to adorn’) + शेखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-समास; विशेषण (one whose crest is adorned with a garland formed by the collision/cluster of cosmic eggs)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī; describing the Moon’s mark and cosmic ornamentation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha/Prabhāsa (Soma-kalaṅka sambandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vivid cosmic metaphor: Śiva’s crest adorned with a garland born of the ‘collision of cosmic spheres,’ while the speaker marvels at the Moon’s kalaṅka—cosmology meeting iconography.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Candra (Moon, implied)
• Brahmāṇḍa (cosmic spheres/eggs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even what appears as a ‘blemish’ can be part of divine symbolism—cosmic phenomena invite contemplation rather than mere judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra provides the sacred narrative frame; this verse turns to lunar mystery within that māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a mythic/theological curiosity about the Moon’s mark.