Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

सव्यतश्च जटाधारी दक्षिणे मुकुटोच्चयः । सव्यतो भस्मधारी च दक्षिणे धृतचंदनः

Transliteration

savyataśca jaṭādhārī dakṣiṇe mukuṭoccayaḥ | savyato bhasmadhārī ca dakṣiṇe dhṛtacaṃdanaḥ

Translation

عن يساره كان ذا جَتا، شعرٍ معقودٍ كنسكٍ؛ وعن يمينه كان ذا تاجٍ سامق. وعن يساره كان مطليًّا بالرماد المقدّس، وعن يمينه متعطّرًا بعجينة الصندل.

Word by Word

• savyataḥ: on the left side
• savyataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: savya (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb): "from/on the left side"

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• jaṭādhārī: bearing matted hair
• jaṭādhārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + dhārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jaṭāyāḥ dhārī)

• dakṣiṇe: on the right (side)
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (locative)

• mukuṭoccayaḥ: a heap/cluster of crowns
• mukuṭoccayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukuṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + uccaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mukuṭānām uccayaḥ)

• savyataḥ: on the left side
• savyataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: savya (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त-अव्यय: "from/on the left side"

• bhasmadhārī: bearing ash
• bhasmadhārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhasman (प्रातिपदिक) + dhārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhasmanaḥ dhārī)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• dakṣiṇe: on the right (side)
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• dhṛtacaṃdanaḥ: wearing sandal paste
• dhṛtacaṃdanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhṛta (कृदन्त; √dhṛ धृ (धातु) क्त) + candana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः: "dhṛtaṃ candanaṃ yena" (candana-wearing)

Speaker

Barbarīka

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sage/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single radiant figure split in attributes: left side ascetic—matted locks and ash; right side regal—towering crown and sandal paste, standing before awed heroes.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka
• Bhasma
• Candana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer signs differ (ash, sandal; locks, crown), yet the divine reality remains one—encouraging reverence beyond external labels.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual rule is given, though bhasma and candana are referenced as devotional emblems.