Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

त्वं च होमस्थितं भस्म सिंदूरसदृशप्रभम् । निःशल्यं सविवरकं पूर्यमाणं गृहाण च

Transliteration

tvaṃ ca homasthitaṃ bhasma siṃdūrasadṛśaprabham | niḥśalyaṃ savivarakaṃ pūryamāṇaṃ gṛhāṇa ca

Translation

وأنتَ، خُذْ هذا الرماد من قربان النار (الهُوما)، متلألئًا كالسِّندور الأحمر؛ لا جُرحَ فيه ومع ذلك له فُتحة، وهو قابلٌ لأن يُملأ—فخُذه واقبله.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhyā (Addressed/सम्बोध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे संबोधन/प्रथमा-एकवचन (Pronoun, 2nd person reference; Nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction/and)

• होम-स्थितम्: placed in the fire-offering (homa)
• होम-स्थितम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (स्था धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: होमे स्थितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Acc/Nom sg; agreeing with भस्म)

• भस्म: ash
• भस्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन्/भस्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• सिन्दूर-सदृश-प्रभम्: having a glow like vermilion
• सिन्दूर-सदृश-प्रभम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिन्दूर (प्रातिपदिक) + सदृश (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपमान-निर्देश: सिन्दूरसदृशा प्रभा यस्य तत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Acc/Nom sg; agreeing with भस्म)

• निः-शल्यम्: free from splinters/thorns (unpierced)
• निः-शल्यम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्/निषेधार्थ-तत्पुरुष (निः = विना); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Acc/Nom sg; agreeing with भस्म)

• स-विवरकम्: with a small opening/perforation
• स-विवरकम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सह/युक्त-उपपद, अव्ययार्थ) + विवरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह-भाव: विवरकेन सह); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Acc/Nom sg; agreeing with भस्म)

• पूर्यमाणम्: being filled
• पूर्यमाणम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर् (धातु) / पूरय् (णिजन्त-धातु) + मान (शानच्/कर्मणि वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्यय (present passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Acc/Nom sg; agreeing with भस्म)

• गृहाण: take/accept
• गृहाण: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd person sg: take/accept)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction/and)

Speaker

Vijaya (addressing Barbarīka; giving an item/instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual fire blazes in a homa-kuṇḍa; a radiant, vermilion-tinged ash is offered as a potent gift—mysterious, ‘unpierced yet with an opening,’ suggesting a consecrated vessel or ash-lump meant to be empowered and used.

Characters & Entities

• Homa
• Bhasma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated substances from sacred rites (like homa-bhasma) are treated as carriers of protective and empowering grace when received with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced; the focus is on a ritual object connected with homa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receiving/accepting bhasma that has been sanctified in a homa (fire-offering).