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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

देहपाते व्रजेत्स्वर्गमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत् । सितरक्तैस्तथा पीतैर्वस्त्रैश्च विविधैः शुभैः

dehapāte vrajetsvargamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt | sitaraktaistathā pītairvastraiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ

—beim Hinscheiden des Leibes gelangt er in den Himmel: so verkündete Śaṅkara. Mit weißen, roten und ebenso gelben Gewändern—vielfältig und glückverheißend—

देहपातेat the fall of the body (at death)
देहपाते:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेहपात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: देहस्य पातः (falling of the body)
व्रजेत्should go
व्रजेत्:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
स्वर्गम्to heaven
स्वर्गम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्यचिह्न (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
एवम्in this manner
एवम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
शङ्करःŚaṅkara (Śiva)
शङ्करः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past/लङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
सितरक्तैःwith white and red (ones)
सितरक्तैः:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसित + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः: सितानि च रक्तानि च (white and red)
तथाand likewise
तथा:
सम्बन्ध (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अनुक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)
पीतैःwith yellow (ones)
पीतैः:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participial adjective)
वस्त्रैःwith garments
वस्त्रैः:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
and
:
सम्बन्ध (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
विविधैःvarious
विविधैः:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
शुभैःauspicious
शुभैः:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Scene: On the bank of the Revā, a devotee arranges auspicious garments—white, red, and yellow—before a small altar; Śiva’s presence is implied as a blessing over the act promising svarga after death.

Ś
Śaṅkara
S
Svarga
G
Gaurī
V
Vastra (garments)
R
Revā (Narmadā) Tīrtha

FAQs

Austerity and sacred-place observance, affirmed by Śiva, yield exalted posthumous results.

The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa, with proximity to Gaurī/Śiva worship.

Use/offer auspicious garments of various colors (white, red, yellow) in the associated worship/charity sequence.