Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

निर्व्रणाः सौम्यरूपाश्च सर्वे चोदकपूरिताः । वस्त्रपूतजलैः पूर्णागन्धधूपैश्च वासिताः

Transliteration

nirvraṇāḥ saumyarūpāśca sarve codakapūritāḥ | vastrapūtajalaiḥ pūrṇāgandhadhūpaiśca vāsitāḥ

Translation

They should be free from cracks and blemishes, gentle and pleasing in form, and all filled with water—water strained through cloth, and made fragrant with perfume and incense.

Word by Word

• निर्व्रणाः: without cracks/wounds (undamaged)
• निर्व्रणाः: Viśeṣaṇa (of gaḍukāḥ understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्व्रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• सौम्यरूपाः: of gentle/pleasant form
• सौम्यरूपाः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सौम्यं रूपं येषाम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• उदकपूरिताः: filled with water
• उदकपूरिताः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √पूर्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपदसमासभावः (उदकेन पूरिताः = water-filled)

• वस्त्रपूतजलैः: with cloth-filtered water
• वस्त्रपूतजलैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √पू) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वस्त्रेण पूतं जलं)

• पूर्णाः: full
• पूर्णाः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• गन्धधूपैः: with fragrance and incense
• गन्धधूपैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धश्च धूपश्च)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• वासिताः: perfumed/scented
• वासिताः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √वास्/√वस् caus.)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pristine pots without cracks are filled with cloth-filtered water; incense smoke curls around them, and a priest adds fragrance, preparing for abhiṣeka in a lamp-lit sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Abhiṣeka
• Dhūpa
• Gandha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings should be pure and worthy; careful refinement of materials mirrors inner refinement in worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is stated; it gives general abhiṣeka preparation rules.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use unblemished vessels; fill them with cloth-filtered water and scent them with fragrance and incense.