Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

मुचकुन्देन कदेन जातीकाशकुशोद्भवैः । उन्मत्तमुनिपुष्पौघैः पुष्पैस्तत्कालसम्भवैः

Transliteration

mucakundena kadena jātīkāśakuśodbhavaiḥ | unmattamunipuṣpaughaiḥ puṣpaistatkālasambhavaiḥ

Translation

Avec des fleurs de mucakunda, des fleurs de kadā, du jasmin, et des fleurs nées du kāśa et du kuśa; avec profusion de fleurs dites ‘unmattamuni’, et avec tout ce qui fleurit en cette saison—

Word by Word

• मुचकुन्देन: with mucakunda (flowers)
• मुचकुन्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुचकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (with mucakunda flowers)

• कदेन: with kada (flowers)
• कदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (with kad(a) flowers)

• जातीकाशकुशोद्भवैः: arisen from jāti, kāśa and kuśa
• जातीकाशकुशोद्भवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाती + काश + कुश + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; ‘arisen from jasmine, kāśa-grass, and kuśa’ (qualifying पुष्पैः)

• उन्मत्तमुनिपुष्पौघैः: with heaps of unmattamuni flowers
• उन्मत्तमुनिपुष्पौघैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मत्त + मुनि + पुष्प + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (with masses of unmattamuni flowers)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (with flowers)

• तत्कालसम्भवैः: seasonal/available at that time
• तत्कालसम्भवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् + काल + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; ‘produced at that time/season’ (qualifying पुष्पैः)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide offering tray overflowing with varied blossoms—mucakunda clusters, kadā blooms, jasmine strings, wild seasonal flowers—presented before a Śiva shrine; the scene highlights botanical diversity of the pilgrimage region.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (implied)
• Mucakunda
• Kadā
• Jātī (jasmine)
• Kāśa
• Kuśa
• Unmattamuni (flower)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is made accessible: offering seasonally available, pure flowers with faith is upheld as valid and meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha setting continues; the verse supports worship practices performed in that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a variety of flowers—mucakunda, kadā, jasmine, kāśa/kuśa-related blooms, and seasonal flowers—in Śiva worship.