Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
एवं विज्ञापनं दद्यादनेन मंत्रेण कमलासनम् । तत्कमलासनं कमलनंदन उपाविशति । आसन उपविष्टस्य शेषां पूजां नियोजयेत् अनेन विधानेन । ओंसोममूर्तिक्षीरोदपतये नमः । इति क्षीरादिस्नपनम् । ओंभास्कराय नीरव सिने नमः । इति जलस्नानम् ततो वासोयुगं शुभ्रं दद्यात् अनेन मंत्रेण । इदं वासोयुगं सूर्य गृहाण कृपया मम । कटिभूषणमेकं ते द्वितीयं चांगप्रावरणम्
Transliteration
evaṃ vijñāpanaṃ dadyādanena maṃtreṇa kamalāsanam | tatkamalāsanaṃ kamalanaṃdana upāviśati | āsana upaviṣṭasya śeṣāṃ pūjāṃ niyojayet anena vidhānena | oṃsomamūrtikṣīrodapataye namaḥ | iti kṣīrādisnapanam | oṃbhāskarāya nīrava sine namaḥ | iti jalasnānam tato vāsoyugaṃ śubhraṃ dadyāt anena maṃtreṇa | idaṃ vāsoyugaṃ sūrya gṛhāṇa kṛpayā mama | kaṭibhūṣaṇamekaṃ te dvitīyaṃ cāṃgaprāvaraṇam
Translation
وبعد أن تُقدَّم المناشدة باحترامٍ على هذا النحو، يُقدَّم مقعدُ اللوتس بهذا المانترا. فيجلس الربُّ الجالسُ على اللوتس، سوريّا، بهجةُ اللوتس، على ذلك المقعد. فإذا استقرّ جالسًا، تُرتَّب بقيةُ العبادة وفق هذا النظام. «أوم—سلامٌ للسيّد ربِّ محيطِ اللبن، الذي صورته سوما»: فهذا هو الاغتسال باللبن وما شابهه. «أوم—سلامٌ لبهاسكارا، الهادئ»: فهذا هو الاغتسال بالماء. ثم تُقدَّم ثوبان أبيضان طاهران بهذا المانترا: «يا سوريّا، تقبّل برحمتك هذين الثوبين مني—أحدهما زينةٌ للخصر، والثاني سترٌ للأعضاء.»
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘thus’
vijñāpanama request/statement
vijñāpanam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvijñāpana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular
dadyātshould give
dadyāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धा/दान) (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘should give’
anenawith this
anena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘by/with this’
maṃtreṇaby the mantra
maṃtreṇa:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular
kamalāsanamlotus-seat
kamalāsanam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkamala (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘lotus-seat’
tatthat
tat:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that’ (agreeing with āsanam)
kamalāsanamlotus-seat
kamalāsanam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkamala (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular
kamalanandanaO Kamalanandana
kamalanandana:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootkamala (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (सम्बोधन-प्रायः), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; used as संबोधन (vocative sense) ‘O lotus-born/lotus-son’
upāviśatisits down
upāviśati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√viś (विश्) (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘sits down’
āsaneon the seat
āsane:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular ‘on the seat’
upaviṣṭasyaof the seated (one)
upaviṣṭasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootupa-√viś (विश्) (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त) ‘उपविष्ट’, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of (one) seated’
śeṣāmremaining
śeṣām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular agreeing with pūjām; ‘remaining’
pūjāmworship
pūjām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular
niyojayetshould arrange
niyojayet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√yuj (युज्) (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘should arrange/assign’
anenaby this
anena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular
vidhānenaby the method
vidhānena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘by the procedure’
oṃoṃ
oṃ:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootoṃ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
Formप्रणव-निपात — sacred syllable
somamūrti-kṣīrodapatayeto the Soma-formed lord of the milk-ocean
somamūrti-kṣīrodapataye:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣīroda (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — dative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ‘to the lord of the milk-ocean (who is) Soma-formed’
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक) — indeclinable ‘salutation’ (governs dative)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/वाक्यसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक) — quotative/end marker
kṣīrādi-snapanammilk etc. bathing
kṣīrādi-snapanam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + snapana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/वाक्यविषय), एकवचन — nominative singular; ‘bathing with milk etc.’
oṃoṃ
oṃ:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootoṃ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
Formप्रणव-निपात
bhāskarāyato Bhāskara
bhāskarāya:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — dative singular ‘to Bhāskara (Sun)’
nīravaO Nīrava (epithet)
nīrava:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootnīrava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन, एकवचन — nominative/vocative singular; epithet (text uncertain)
sine(unclear epithet)
sine:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsina (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/सम्बोधन, एकवचन — form unclear; likely corrupt reading; treated as vocative/locative singular
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (Salutation/नमस्कार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (नमस्कारार्थक)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/वाक्यसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समाप्तिसूचक)
jala-snānāmwater bathing
jala-snānām:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular; ‘water-bath’
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (काल/अनन्तर) — ‘then/thereafter’
vāso-yugama pair of clothes
vāso-yugam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; ‘pair of garments’
śubhramwhite/clean
śubhram:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular agreeing with vāsoyugam
dadyātshould give
dadyāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धा/दान) (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘should give’
anenawith this
anena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular
maṃtreṇaby the mantra
maṃtreṇa:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular
idamthis
idam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative ‘this’ (agreeing with vāsoyugam)
vāso-yugampair of garments
vāso-yugam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular
sūryaO Sun
sūrya:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular
gṛhāṇaaccept
gṛhāṇa:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√grah (ग्रह्) (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘accept!’
kṛpayāwith compassion
kṛpayā:
Karana (Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘with compassion/please’
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘of me/my’
kaṭi-bhūṣaṇamwaist-ornament
kaṭi-bhūṣaṇam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkaṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular; ‘waist-ornament’
ekamone
ekam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘one’ (agreeing with bhūṣaṇam)
teto you
te:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (त्वद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — dative singular ‘to you/for you’
dvitīyamsecond
dvitīyam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘second’ (elliptic with bhūṣaṇam/vastram)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction ‘and’
aṅga-prāvaraṇambody-covering (cloth)
aṅga-prāvaraṇam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + prāvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular; ‘body-covering garment’
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A golden-hued Sūrya is invited to a lotus-seat; attendants prepare kṣīra-abhiṣeka and jala-snāna; two spotless white garments are offered, one tied at the waist and one draped over the limbs; ritual vessels gleam, and the altar is orderly and luminous.
Characters & Entities
S
Sūrya (Bhāskara)S
SomaK
Kṣīroda (Ocean of Milk)FAQs
Devotion is expressed through orderly hospitality—seat, bath, and clothing—affirming the deity’s living presence and the worshipper’s humility.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a ritual manual-style passage for Sūrya-pūjā.
Offer a lotus-seat, perform milk-bathing and water-bathing with mantras, then offer a pair of white garments as waist-ornament and body-covering.