Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

करवीरैस्ततो गत्वा रक्तचन्दनवारिणा । संस्थाप्य भास्करं भक्त्या सम्पूज्य च यथाविधि

Transliteration

karavīraistato gatvā raktacandanavāriṇā | saṃsthāpya bhāskaraṃ bhaktyā sampūjya ca yathāvidhi

Translation

Ensuite, avec des fleurs de karavīra (laurier-rose) et de l’eau parfumée au santal rouge, qu’on établisse Bhāskara avec dévotion et qu’on l’honore pleinement selon le rite.

Word by Word

• karavīraiḥ: with oleander flowers
• karavīraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karavīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (sequential adverb: 'then/thereafter')

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकाले क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• rakta-candana-vāriṇā: with water (mixed) with red sandalwood
• rakta-candana-vāriṇā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + candana (प्रातिपदिक) + vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमूहः: 'raktacandanasya vāri'

• saṃsthāpya: having installed
• saṃsthāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकाले क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त with उपसर्ग 'सम्' (saṃ-), 'having installed/established'

• bhāskaram: the Sun (image/deity)
• bhāskaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• sampūjya: having duly worshipped
• sampūjya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकाले क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त with उपसर्ग 'सम्' (sam-), 'having worshipped fully'

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

• yathā-vidhi: according to the prescribed rite
• yathā-vidhi: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) 'according to rule'

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (Narmadā bank) as Sūrya-upāsanā sthala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahīpāla/nṛpottama in adjoining verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank altar: a small solar icon/maṇḍala being established; devotees carry oleander garlands and a vessel of red-sandal-scented water; the sun’s disc glows above.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Karavīra (oleander)
• Raktacandana (red sandalwood)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes concrete through correct ritual action—offering, installation, and rule-guided worship at a sacred site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship is situated in the Sūryatīrtha/Mūlasthāna setting along the Revā (Narmadā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use karavīra flowers and red-sandal water, install Bhāskara, and perform complete worship according to vidhi.