Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
जीर्णकंथान्वितो देवि मलवान्धूलिधूसरः
Transliteration
jīrṇakaṃthānvito devi malavāndhūlidhūsaraḥ
Translation
噢，天女啊，（他出现时）身披破旧褴褛之衣，污秽不净，尘土覆身而呈灰色。
Word by Word
jīrṇaworn out, tattered
jīrṇa:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjīrṇa (कृदन्त; √jṝ/जॄ "to decay" )
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) विशेषणम्
kaṃthārags, tattered cloth
kaṃthā:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkaṃthā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन (समास/योगे उपपदत्वेन)
anvitaḥendowed with, accompanied by
anvitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanvita (कृदन्त; √i/इ + नि उपसर्ग, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)
deviO देवी
devi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन
malavāndirty, filthy
malavān:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmala-vat (प्रातिपदिक; mala + मतुप्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्
dhūliwith dust
dhūli:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdhūli (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (समास/योगे उपपदत्वेन)
dhūsaraḥgreyish, dust-coloured
dhūsaraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhūsara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara (Kapālī motif prelude)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: An ash-smeared, dust-grey figure in torn garments enters the bright, orderly yajña arena; the contrast between ritual splendor and the ascetic’s stark poverty creates dramatic tension.
Characters & Entities
D
Devī (Pārvatī addressed)K
Kapālī figure (implied)FAQs
Divinity may appear in humble or shocking forms, testing ritual pride and social judgment.
Kapāleśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, whose legend involves the arrival of a Kapālī-like figure.
None; it is a descriptive narrative detail.